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NSWhospital2025-11-17

Inquest into the death of Brooke Tiddy

32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…

A 32-year-old woman with Sponastrime Dysplasia (a rare genetic bone disorder) died during elective bariatric surgery. She had undiagnosed subglottic stenosis (airway narrowing) and tracheobronchomalacia. Critical clinica…

bariatric surgeryanaesthesiadiagnosticcommunicationsevoflurane
NSWprison2017-03-31

Inquest into the death of Keith HOWLETT

49y · Male·complications of non-small cell carcinoma of the lung

Keith Howlett, 49 years old, died from complications of non-small cell carcinoma of the lung while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre after 5 weeks of incarceration. He had complex medical needs including HIV, perip…

general practiceoncologydiagnosticsystem
VIChospital2013-08-13

Finding into death of Thelma Katherine Holt

79y · Female·pneumonia in the setting of acute peritonitis due to perforated stomach (operate…

Mrs Thelma Katherine Holt, a 79-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity, vascular disease, hypertension, and prior Nissen fundoplication, underwent placement of a second intragastric balloon on 11 Se…

gastroenterologygeneral surgerydiagnosticproceduralsertraline
NSWcustodial setting (correctional facility) with death at hospital2025-07-23

Inquest into the death of James Cunneen

60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease with a bleeding duodenal ulcer being a significant contr…

James Joseph Cunneen, a 60-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease), died from cardiac arrest due to ischaemic heart disease with a bleeding duo…

general practiceinfectious diseasesdiagnosticmedicationpantoprazole
SAhome2014-09-05

Coroner's Finding: HARRISON Noah Alexander Edward

0y · Male·unascertained; possibly asphyxiation related to sleeping position

Noah Harrison, aged 12 weeks, died of unascertained cause in October 2010. He was found face-down in a pram with unsafe sleeping arrangements. At prior hospital admission on 17 September 2010 for fever and reported haema…

emergency medicinepaediatricsdiagnosticcommunication
NSWhospital2019-12-13

Inquest into the death of Lorraine BARNES

85y · Female·sepsis, with aspiration pneumonitis being an antecedent cause. Iatrogenic injury…

Lorraine Barnes, an 85-year-old woman admitted to Wollongong Private Hospital for convalescence, died from sepsis with aspiration pneumonitis following iatrogenic lung injury. She developed severe malnutrition and electr…

general medicinerespiratory medicinediagnosticsystemciprofloxacin
VIChospital2015-04-10

Finding into death of Zoran Georgievski

40y · Male·haemopericardium complicating ascending thoracic aortic dissection

… junior doctor appropriately excluded cardiac ischaemia and he was discharged on day 2 with a diagnosis of reflux. He died two days later from rupture of an ascending thoracic aortic dissection with haemopericardium. Pos…

emergency medicineradiologydiagnosticcommunicationmorphine
SAhospital2014-02-05

Coroner's Finding: COOK Eileen Hazel

76y · Female·hospital acquired pneumonia, multiple organ dysfunction and small bowel obstruct…

Mrs Cook, a 76-year-old woman, died in January 2010 from hospital-acquired pneumonia, multiple organ dysfunction, and small bowel obstruction. She was admitted to a rural hospital with acute renal failure and dangerously…

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationintravenous fluids
VIChospital2023-10-30

Finding into death of BCT

2y · Unknown·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following sepsis related to abdominal surgical …

BCT was a 2-year-old Aboriginal child with complex needs from a genetic disorder (CAMTA1 mutation) who died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following sepsis related to bowel perforation after a percutaneous endosco…

gastroenterologyradiologydiagnosticcommunicationceftriaxone
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