1,039 results for “pneumonia”
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with myotonic dystrophy
A 53-year-old man with myotonic dystrophy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia after premature discharge from hospital to a community residential unit. …
89y · Male·pneumonia on a background of advanced Parkinson's disease and dementia
An 89-year-old man with advanced Parkinson's disease and dementia died of aspiration pneumonia following hospital admission for behavioural management. He was subject to an Inpatient Treatment Order …
71y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating dysphagia and status epilepticus
…liams, a 71-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and chronic dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by status epilepticus while residing in specialist disability accommodation. She presented t…
56y · Female·Pneumonia
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability died of pneumonia at her DHHS group home. She presented with vomiting and diarrhoea on 23 June, and a doctor recommended h…
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…ck, a 48-year-old NDIS participant with epilepsy living in supported accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had a respiratory illness with cough and runny nose on 6 January 2023, was prescribed antibiotics, a…
48y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) …
A 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and a PEG tube died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented with low oxygen levels and abnormal breathing, and developed complications including vomi…
84y · Female·pneumonia with contributing Alzheimer's dementia
Doreen Mary Putsey, aged 84, died of pneumonia with contributing Alzheimer's dementia at an aged care facility where she was subject to guardianship or…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…ld man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after returning from a UK holiday, he fell in a bathroom at his group home. He was found in ca…
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
…iative measures were initiated in consultation with family, and she died on 8 April 2012 from aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found no evidence that her management by the Department or hospital treatment was outside r…
16y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a young man diagnosed with Juvenile Huntington's Disease
…ld with Juvenile Huntington's Disease and severe cognitive and physical disabilities, died of aspiration pneumonia at Monash Medical Centre. He had been in state care since infancy and resided in a temporary respite fac…
61y · Male·aspiration pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and early onset dementia
…wn syndrome and early onset dementia living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital on 25 July 2024 with a two-day history of infection symptoms and hypoactive…
53y · Female·Respiratory failure due to community acquired pneumonia and acute pulmonary oede…
…s found in severe respiratory distress with oxygen saturations of 40%, diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and acute pulmonary oedema. The coroner found she died of natural causes from respiratory failure and di…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
… a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman with advanced cirrhosis, died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and end-stage liver disease. She was admitted with pneumonia and del…
28y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
A 28-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital with respiratory distress on 14 June 2011, where a palliative care approach…
47y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and diabetes mellitus
…old man with Type 1 diabetes, previous strokes, acquired brain injury, and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by cerebral infarction. He had chronic aspiration risk due to atonic bowel and had declined …
69y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of ischaemic heart disease and diabetes
…9-year-old man with dementia, ischaemic heart disease, and poorly controlled diabetes died of aspiration pneumonia in aged care. He had been subject to guardianship orders after assessment showed he lacked capacity to m…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…ders including epilepsy, autism, and previous neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting, im…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
…4-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-induced brain injury. She had experienced progressive neurological deterioratio…
44y · Male·pneumonia and possible large left cerebrovascular accident (stroke) in a man wit…
…ensic pathologist, based on CT scans and medical records without autopsy, determined death resulted from pneumonia and a possible large left cerebrovascular accident. The case highlights the challenges of managing compl…
67y · Male·Type 2 respiratory failure due to pneumonia
… without this misdiagnosis. He suffered serious post-operative complications including hospital-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, dysphagia requiring PEG feeding, and vocal cord injury. After 63 days …
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