168 results for “benzodiazepine use”
54y · Male·Multiple injuries from collision with motor vehicle
Terence Gray, a 54-year-old man with chronic alcohol abuse and depression, was removed from a train at Grafton by a Passenger Services Supervisor (Mr Beadman) who lac…
16y · Female·consequences of acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy
Jessica-Lee Dennis, aged 16, died from acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy on 7 May 2004. She presented with progressive nocturnal cough and wheezing over six weeks starting September 2001, with significant family h…
16y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam and desmethylvenlaf…
LI, a 16-year-old with borderline personality disorder, factitious disorder, and opioid use disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam, desmethylvenlafaxine) aft…
28y · Male·neck compression subsequent upon hanging
…tnessed; a 2:00 am observation was recorded as "in bed asleep" based on a non-visual check; and the bed was used as a ligature point after Matthew had approximately one hour without proper staff contact. The coroner fou…
Male·Combined effects of multiple blunt force injuries and the effects of fire (Craig…
…pattern; (3) decision to supply 20mg diazepam as take-home doses on Boxing Day despite signs of problematic use; (4) absence of real-time prescription monitoring (only introduced post-incident, excluding antidepressants…
24y · Female·hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
…e coordination errors. She had been admitted to Mount Barker Hospital for anxiety, depression, substance misuse concerns, and self-harm behaviours. After one week, a psychiatrist recommended admission to a specialist me…
83y · Female·Pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures sustained in the setting of mult…
Margaret Barton, 83, died of pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures from multiple falls. Critical clinical lessons: (1) The Oxazepam regimen directly contributed to her death. Dr C. tripled her dose from 15mg to…
smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
Fourteen elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly i…
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