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84y · Male·lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure
Harold Leslie McInerney, 84, died from lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure while detained under the Mental Health Act at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was admitted for bleeding ulcers…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis
Stuart Murray Chalklen, aged 38, died in Adelaide Remand Centre from ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He complained of left shoulder pain (a recognised symptom of cardiac disease) to cellma…
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
A 79-year-old man with significant comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease) was admitted to hospital with anorexia and weight loss. He developed acute confusion and delirium, initial…
83y · Female·Drowning, likely associated with cardiac arrhythmia or tidal conditions, or a co…
Skaidrite Dreiman, 83, disappeared while swimming at Brighton Beach on 17 November 2003 and is presumed dead by drowning. She had a significant cardiac history including atrial fibrillation managed with medications, a mi…
51y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 51-year-old prisoner died from ischaemic heart disease after suffering a cardiac event while being transferred between prison units. He had complained of chest pain to correctional officers, was directed to walk to the…
77y · Male·complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effus…
77-year-old male died from complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effusion post-coronary bypass surgery, in the setting of pre-existing renal impairment and diabetes. During pleural ta…
20y · Female·cardiac dysrhythmia/arrest in a 20 year old Down's Syndrome female following abd…
A 20-year-old woman with Down syndrome and Eisenmenger syndrome (cyanotic heart disease with ventricular septal defect) was admitted with abdominal obstruction. After appropriate diagnostic workup, laparotomy was perform…
74y · Male·cardiac and renal failure complicating treatment of infected ischaemic toes resu…
Glenn Howard Raphael, 74-year-old admitted for infected ischaemic toe secondary to diabetes mellitus. During his 17-day hospital stay, he developed acute renal failure leading to cardiac arrest and death. Critical failur…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
A 71-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia was detained under the Mental Health Act after community mental health workers observed physical signs of heart failure (dyspnea, bilateral pitting edema) during home…
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Margret Lillian Harris, aged 48, died of chronic obstructive airway disease while detained under the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had longstanding COAD, right heart failure, chronic hypoxia and cyano…
79y · Female·pulmonary oedema and electrolyte imbalance, both secondary to renal failure
Mrs Mulvinskas, a 79-year-old with end-stage renal disease, renal carcinoma, diabetes, and cardiac failure, died from pulmonary oedema and electrolyte imbalance secondary to renal failure. On 21 October 2004, she became …
89y · Male·congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic heart disease and aortic valve steno…
Ronald Thomas Robjohns, 89, died of congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic heart disease and aortic valve stenosis while detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital. He was admitted following severe de…
90y · Female·incompatible blood transfusion resulting in haemolysis and multi-organ failure c…
A 90-year-old woman with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock died after receiving an incompatible blood transfusion (A- instead of O+), which caused haemolysis and multi-organ failure. The registered nurse …
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old man found a purse at a shopping centre and attempted to leave his details with the information desk rather than hand it in directly. A security officer, believing him suspicious, confronted, accused him of …
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
A 64-year-old man with paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypoxic encephalopathy fo…
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
Centella Theresa Hynes, a 50-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, intellectual disability, and primary pulmonary hypertension, died from respiratory arrest due to left lower lobe pneumonia while detained under m…
52y · Male·salt water drowning
A 52-year-old experienced recreational diver died from salt water drowning whilst diving near Marion Bay, South Australia. Multiple medical and equipment factors contributed: severe obesity (132kg), emphysema with lung b…
55y · Male·Ascent barotrauma resulting in cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) and drownin…
A 55-year-old man with undiagnosed viral myocarditis and cardiomegaly died from cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during a scuba dive at 37 metres depth. Despite being advised by his cardiologist not to dive, he igno…
77y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction
A 77-year-old man admitted to a nursing home after hip replacement surgery for a fractured neck of femur died from multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction. He had multiple comorbidities including diabetes,…
40y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 40-year-old man presented to an Emergency Department with chest pain lasting approximately a week and a half, presenting with symptoms including arm pain and associated cough. He was triaged as Category 3 (non-urgent) …
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