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63y · Female·Sepsis complicating cellulitis following skin cancer excision and skin graft pro…
A 63-year-old woman died from sepsis complicating cellulitis following elective skin cancer excision and skin graft performed in a general practitioner's clinic. The lesion was a squamous cell carcinoma (invasive Bowen's…
70y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure in a man with ischaemic and hypertensive heart diseas…
David McDermott, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disability in supported residential care, died from congestive cardiac failure secondary to ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He was admitted to hospital with …
85y · Female·Staphylococcus bacteremia complicating multiple injuries sustained in a motor ve…
An 85-year-old woman sustained multiple serious injuries (bilateral rib and pelvic fractures, thoracic spine fractures) in a motor vehicle collision on 20 June 2018. She was treated with ICU admission, induced coma, and …
56y · Male·urosepsis
Duncan John Hancott, aged 56, died in Mount Gambier Prison from urosepsis secondary to urinary tract infection caused by E. coli. He had significant comorbidities including hepatic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and his…
15y · Unknown·acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure as a cons…
Child A, aged 15, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure due to disseminated tuberculosis. He presented to hospital with very advanced post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis requiri…
0y · Male·Complications of VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma
Baby E was a 7-month-old neonate with VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma who died from complications of these conditions. He was born prematurely at 30 weeks, requiring intubation and ventilation, and remained in…
51y · Female·embolic infarcts complicating infective endocarditis
Melanie Sarah Cooper, aged 51, died from embolic infarcts complicating infective endocarditis secondary to chronic intravenous opioid use. She presented with severe physical deterioration over three days including swolle…
76y · Male·Sepsis, with osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis
Alex Mills, a 76-year-old sentenced prisoner with complex medical history including atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, died from sepsis caused by osteomyelitis and infective endocardit…
57y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured mycotic aneurysm due to infective endo…
Cary James Saunders, aged 57, a prisoner with pre-existing mitral valve prolapse and aortic regurgitation, died from intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mitis. He present…
61y · Female·Pneumonia in a woman with multiple co-morbidities
A 61-year-old woman with significant comorbidities including congenital hydrocephalus, stroke, obstructive sleep apnoea, and previous pneumonia with respiratory arrest (2017) died of pneumonia in hospital. She lived in a…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
Anthea Ryder Moketarinja, 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 admitte…
74y · Male·Acute exacerbation of chronic airways disease, with carcinoma of prostate being …
William Berger, a 74-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder, died from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with metastatic prostate cancer as a significant contributing condition. …
44y · Male·Acute myeloid leukemia
A 44-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia died in St Augustine's secure ward at St Vincent's Hospital on 18 February 2020. He had been under treatment for refractory AML since June 2019, with disease progression desp…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
A 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was a resident of a group home requiring 24-hour care. She presented to hospi…
86y · Male·combined effects of acute myeloid leukaemia, acute renal failure and staphylococ…
Patrick Lawrence Walsh, aged 86, died in custody at Royal Adelaide Hospital from combined acute myeloid leukaemia, acute renal failure, and staphylococcal pneumonia. He had a significant medical history including ischaem…
57y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease in a man with diabetes mellitus
Macker Joseph Dinah, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man, died suddenly in his prison cell from atherosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes mellitus. He had severe coronary artery disease affecting three vessels, prev…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
VA, a 73-year-old woman with mental health conditions and cardiac disease, died from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been …
6y · Male·Sepsis due to melioidosis
A six-year-old previously healthy boy died from sepsis due to melioidosis after multiple presentations to a remote hospital over five days (5–10 January 2017) with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache. Initial diagno…
0y · Male·Complications in association with fulminant sepsis in an infant (Streptococcus p…
Malakai Paraone, a seven-month-old infant, died from fulminant Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis and septic shock. Over three days, he was seen at three hospitals and a general practice clinic but sepsis was not identified. …
51y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia, in the context of chronic k…
Ishmael Nalaiyir Nangarid, a 51-year-old Aboriginal man with complex medical history including myasthenia gravis, chronic kidney disease, COPD, and ischaemic heart disease, died from multiple organ failure due to Influen…
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