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60y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in a woman recovering from a fractured right ankle
Maria Kerr, a 60-year-old woman with obesity and thalassemia minor, died from pulmonary thromboembolism 33 days after sustaining a fractured ankle. An administrative error resulted in her urgent orthopaedic follow-up app…
24y · Female·injuries sustained in descent from height
A 24-year-old woman with intellectual disability and borderline personality disorder died from injuries sustained in descent from height from a sixth-floor balcony. She had threatened suicide from the same balcony on 8 M…
87y · Male·Complications of head injuries in setting of dementia
An 87-year-old man with vascular dementia died from complications of head injuries sustained in assaults by a fellow nursing home resident. The deceased had a documented tendency to wander and enter other residents' room…
2y · Female·Carbon monoxide toxicity
Two young sisters (aged 2 years 9 months and 1 year 9 months) died from carbon monoxide toxicity following a house fire in their shared bedroom. A stuffed toy ignited against an electric heater, causing a slow-burning fi…
2y · Female·Carbon monoxide toxicity
Two young sisters (DQ aged 2 years 9 months and LQ aged 1 year 9 months) died from carbon monoxide toxicity following a house fire caused by a stuffed toy igniting in front of an electric heater. The fire was in their be…
42y · Female·Incised injury to the neck
A 42-year-old woman with depression and suicidal ideation died by self-inflicted neck laceration while admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had been assessed as low risk and placed on 30-minute observations. Cli…
90y · Female·Hospital acquired pneumonia in the setting of recent fractures of neck of humeru…
A 90-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities residing in aged care sustained a hip fracture from a fall in January 2018. Following surgical repair and initial hospital treatment, she was transferred to a rehabilitatio…
65y · Male·Neck trauma and severe ischaemic heart disease in the setting of immersion
A 65-year-old experienced kneeboarder died from neck trauma and severe ischaemic heart disease following immersion at a surf competition. He fell from his board during the B Grade Final in challenging conditions at Gunna…
22y · Male·acute blood loss from incised injuries to left forearm
Simon Smith, a 22-year-old with end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis and complex comorbidities, died by suicide during hospitalization. Despite multiple psychiatric assessments finding he had capacity to make treat…
51y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to left deep vein thrombosis
Darren Templeton, a 51-year-old man with obesity (BMI 31.5), died of pulmonary thromboembolism and left deep vein thrombosis six days after undergoing left knee arthroscopy. Critical clinical lessons: (1) VTE risk assess…
63y · Male·Unknown
William Willms disappeared on 23 July 1973 at age 63 after boarding a bus to Lilydale railway station. He had recently self-discharged from psychiatric admission for endogenous depression and suicidal ideation. Despite e…
72y · Male·head injuries sustained in a fall from a ladder
A 72-year-old man died from unsurvivable head injuries sustained in a fall from a domestic ladder. He was climbing down from his roof when he slipped and fell backwards onto concrete. Despite rapid helicopter transport t…
27y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
Sophie Nicholas, aged 27, died by suicide after being struck by a truck while walking along a road at 1:30am on 15 September 2016. She had longstanding borderline personality disorder (BPD) and alcohol dependency, with f…
58y · Unknown·Unknown - suspected foul play
Nick Falos, aged 58, was last seen on 14 March 2003 and subsequently reported missing in November 2018. A coronial investigation was undertaken following formal report to the coroner as a suspected death. Detective inves…
68y · Male·exacerbation of congestive cardiac failure and aspiration pneumonia on a backgro…
Richard Alan Jones, a 68-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and cardiac disease, presented to Austin Hospital in respiratory failure from congestive cardiac failure exacerbation and aspi…
1y · Female·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to aorto-oesophageal fistula caused by lodged b…
Isabella Rees, aged 14 months, presented to Sunshine Hospital ED four times over 19 days with fever, vomiting and later haematochezia. A button battery lodged in her oesophagus caused progressive caustic injury leading t…
77y · Male·Chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a farming incident
A 77-year-old farmer died from chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a farm machinery incident. Mr Hulland was operating a Ford utility with an attached hydraulic trailer in low gear without a driver, a common practice …
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus in a man with Down syndrome
A 73-year-old man with Down syndrome and a history of dysphagia with recurrent aspiration pneumonia presented with drowsiness, shortness of breath, and was found to have sigmoid volvulus and left lower lobe consolidation…
44y · Male·Bilateral pneumonia in a man with Downs Syndrome
Brian Maher, a 44-year-old man with Down syndrome, died from bilateral pneumonia following rapid clinical deterioration. He presented to hospital on 2 December 2017 with dyspnoea and was admitted to the emergency departm…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability
Kerri Michelle Moore, a 55-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and progressive neurological deficit, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted with status epilepticus, treated with antibiotics a…
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