34y · Male·Septic shock from aspiration pneumonia; cerebral palsy was a contributing condit…
…an, a 34-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, profound intellectual disability, epilepsy, diabetes, and PEG tube feeding, presented to the ED on 15 July 2009 with aspiration pneumonia after vomiting and aspiration t…
79y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with COVID-19 and multiple medical co-morbiditie…
…omplicated by COVID-19. She was admitted to hospital in October 2022 with recurrent aspiration pneumonia. A PEG tube was inserted after discussion with family. Following accidental dislodgement during a witnessed roll-o…
41y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis in a setting of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
…monia. During his final admission to Box Hill Hospital in May 2008, he developed aspiration pneumonia after PEG feeding was recommenced. Despite insertion of a jejunal feeding tube via gastroscopy and multiple treatment…
69y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and PEG tube feeding
Patricia Anne Rickards, a 69-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and PEG tube feeding, died from aspiration pneumonia on 23 March 2026. She was a resident in a disability accommoda…
50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to aspiration of PEG feeds
…with acquired brain injury, epilepsy, and inability to swallow, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to PEG feed aspiration. She had required PEG feeding since 2010 but developed recurrent regurgitation problems fro…
63y · Female·Complications following sedation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t…
…oman with profound disability from cerebral palsy and encephalitis, died from complications of sedation for PEG tube insertion. She had a congenital polymicrogyria, a significant neurological risk factor for anaesthesia…
48y · Female·malnutrition in association with sepsis on a background of end stage multiple sc…
…om malnutrition and sepsis after her husband, her primary carer, failed to provide adequate nutrition via a PEG tube despite receiving training and instructions. She had been admitted to Fremantle Hospital in October 20…
56y · Female·Complications of motor neuron disease
…014, died from complications of her disease while residing in supported disability accommodation. She had a PEG tube for feeding and required nocturnal ventilation. An advanced care directive refused CPR, intubation, tr…
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 devel…
81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia
… right hemiplegia from previous stroke died of aspiration pneumonia after vomiting while sleeping following PEG feeding. She was subject to guardianship and detention under the Guardianship and Administration Act. She w…
38y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy
…y, intellectual disability, scoliosis and oesophagitis, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was dependent on PEG feeding and had a history of recurrent respiratory infections. In the two months before death, he developed…
34y · Female·aspiration pneumonia in the setting of pseudo-obstruction of the large bowel
…dmitted to Austin Hospital with decreased consciousness and pseudo-obstruction of the large bowel. A rectal tube was inserted for relief. Despite IV antibiotics for aspiration pneumonia following feed commencement via PE…
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and recent PEG inser…
…bral palsy, epilepsy, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia on 15 August 2014, one day after PEG tube insertion at Maroondah Hospital. He had experienced recurrent respiratory infections and malnutrition …
15y · Male·bronchopneumonia secondary to chronic chest dysmorphology caused by congenital b…
Lee Shaun Wurramarrba was a 15-year-old severely disabled boy with cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, kyphoscoliosis, epilepsy, and chronic chest anatomical distortion who died from bronchopneumonia. He was in s…
79y · Female·acute myocardial infarction and acute pulmonary oedema
…disciplinary management including medication trials (mirtazapine, citalopram, venlafaxine), nasogastric and PEG feeding support, and five ECT treatments (preceded by appropriate cardiology and neurology clearance), her …
52y · Male·end-stage throat cancer
…t cancer, disappeared from Kununurra Hospital on 24 December 2005 while receiving palliative care. He had a PEG feeding tube, required regular morphine and sedatives, and was hypoxic and severely malnourished. Despite n…
8y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a child with an epileptic encephalopathy and extreme cac…
…a (BMI 7). She had severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome), and was entirely dependent on PEG tube feeding. Between January and August 2013, her weight dropped from ~20kg to 12kg—a loss of 8kg over 7 m…
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 was agreed with his mother…
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia arising as a consequence of severe acquired brain injury
Sydney Dale Stanfield, 55, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to severe acquired brain injury sustained in childhood. He resided in a disability accommodation service group home and had multiple comorbidities inclu…
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis; obstructive jaundice from intraduct tumour…
76-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and PEG feeding died from aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis secondary to an obstructive bile duct tumour. She wa…
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