18y · Male·Hypoglycaemic hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to massive liver necrosis, d…
An 18-year-old remand prisoner died from acute liver failure secondary to Hepatitis B and C infection. He presented with fever and malaise on 15 February…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
…from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracetamol), acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis and emphysema. He collapsed in a vehicle at a supermarket and was found …
39y · Male·Complications arising from widely disseminated primary pulmonary small cell carc…
A 39-year-old male inmate died from complications of widely disseminated small cell lung cancer with hepatitis C cirrhosis. He presented with acute psychosis and catatonia in December 2018, receiving appropriate psy…
51y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 51-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, hepatitis C cirrhosis, endocarditis, and aortic valve disease died in custody from acute myocardial infarction. He…
35y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity; chronic hepatitis as contributing factor
… methylamphetamine leaked into his stomach over 18 hours, causing stimulant-induced cardiac arrhythmia and acute heart failure. Post-mortem blood levels were very high at 6.2mg/L. Chronic hepatitis B was a contributing …
48y · Male·Multi-organ failure from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage associated with oeso…
Peter Tasman Cannell, aged 48, died in Flinders Medical Centre from multi-organ failure due to acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage from oesophageal varices on a background of liver cirrhosis. He had a medical…
39y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy
…f Wales Hospital. He had a long-standing cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, presenting acutely with cholecystitis, acute kidney injury, and multi-organ failure. The coroner found he received appropri…
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following i…
62y · Male·hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure
…ta Nelson, a 62-year-old Aboriginal man, died in Alice Springs Hospital from hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure. He had longstanding chronic diseases including cirrhosis, hepatitis B and C, diabetes, hype…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of struggle, neck compression and amphetamine …
…and could not be resuscitated. The coroner found no preventable medical factors. This case illustrates how acute amphetamine intoxication can precipitate dangerous behavioural and physiological changes (agitation, aggre…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
Mark Graham Newstead, a 51-year-old man with schizophrenia and untreated hepatitis C, died from metastatic small round cell tumour (Ewing's Sarcoma) while in custody. He presented with ur…
54y · Male·Unascertained
A 54-year-old man with HIV, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and significant immunocompromise presented with acute sepsis on 23 December 2016. Despite …
50y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Patrick Michael Heenan, a 50-year-old Aboriginal male prisoner, died of acute coronary atherosclerosis during a football game at Darwin Correctional Facility on 16 September 2006. He e…
58y · Female·acute peritonitis, which led to the development of acute septicaemia following a…
A 58-year-old woman died from acute peritonitis and sepsis following surgery for duodenal diverticulum. Initial elective surgery on 4 March 20…
61y · Female·Acute renal failure and dehydration in the setting of cirrhosis (secondary to he…
A 61-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C sustained rib and clavicle fractures in a motor vehicle collision. She was discharged from the ED afte…
64y · Male·End stage liver disease due to Hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Thomas Edward Schwartz, a 64-year-old prisoner, died from end-stage liver disease due to Hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He was transferred from Wolston Correctional Centre to Princess…
41y · Male·end-stage liver disease and pneumonia
…iver disease and pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act at Flinders Medical Centre. He had hepatitis C and alcohol abuse history, with severe hepatic encephalopathy causing confusion, aggression, and impai…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
A 31-year-old man with long-standing intravenous drug use and hepatitis C died in prison custody from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. He collapsed …
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with emphysema as secondary cause
…ter, a 66-year-old prisoner with significant comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, hepatitis C and possible malignancy, died from coronary atherosclerosis and emphysema. He presented with hip pain,…
65y · Female·decompensated liver failure
…s Revell, a 65-year-old with Child Pugh Class C cirrhosis secondary to 20 years of heavy alcohol use and hepatitis C, was admitted following an intoxicated fall causing an olecranon fracture. Post-operatively, she devel…
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