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133 results for acute on chronic heart failure

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Inquest into the Death of Dragan JACOVIC

63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease

Dragan Jacovic, a 63-year-old life prisoner with extensive comorbidities including severe ischaemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted to hosp…

cardiologypsychiatryolanzapine
TAShome2016-11-10

Coroner's Finding: Richardson, Kenneth Charles

93y · Male·digoxin toxicity complicating acute on chronic renal failure

Kenneth Charles Richardson, a 93-year-old with long-standing cardiac disease (systolic heart failure, atrial fibrillation, mitral regurgitation) died from digoxin toxicity complicating acute-on-chron…

general practicegeneral medicinediagnosticsystemdigoxin
SAhospital2016-08-25

Coroner's Finding: SMITH Colin Peter

51y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac failure on a background of chronic obstructive l…

Colin Peter Smith, aged 51, died of respiratory and cardiac failure from acute pulmonary oedema and pneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive lung disease and ischaem…

emergency medicinepsychiatryglyceryl trinitrate
SAhospital2021-11-23

Coroner's Finding: Osborne, Brian Thomas

89y · Male·combined effects of cerebrovascular accident, pneumonia and chronic cardiac fail…

An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, COPD) presented with chest infection and was admitted for heart failure. He suffered an…

cardiologyneurologyinsulin
NSWhospital2018-07-11

Inquest into the death of Richard Lewis

91y · Male·complications of pneumonia

Richard Lewis, a 91-year-old man in custody, died of pneumonia complicated by underlying ischaemic heart disease and chronic lung disease. He was transferred from the Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit at Long Ba…

cardiologyrespiratory medicine
VIChospital2012-06-06

Finding into death of Lewis Chetcuti

63y · Male·Respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways dis…

…t with longstanding schizophrenia and significant comorbidities including severe COPD, congestive cardiac failure and chronic renal failure, died from respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of COPD. In the three …

psychiatryemergency medicine
WA2019-06-19

Inquest into the Death of Malcolm Patrick O'DRISCOLL

66y · Male·acute myocardial infarction on a background of atherosclerotic cardiovascular di…

…olm Patrick O'Driscoll, a 66-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died on 15 April 2017 at Acacia Prison from acute myocardial infarction on a background of severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He had been impris…

cardiologyvascular surgery
VICmental health2025-07-14

Finding into death of Maxwell Bernard Howard

84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart di…

Maxwell Howard, 84, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart disease while admitted to a mental health acute unit under a Temporary Treatment Order. He had multiple co…

psychiatryemergency medicinecarbamazepine
VIChospital2025-04-01

Finding into death of ZSQ

81y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with acute on chronic renal failure

An 81-year-old man with chronic respiratory disease and renal failure died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chro…

intensive carerespiratory medicinediagnosticdelayadrenaline
VIChospital2026-03-25

Finding into death of Neville Stanley Andrews

69y · Male·Pericarditis

A 69-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, congestive cardiac failure, and Fragile X Syndrome presented to the Emergency Department …

emergency medicinecardiology
WAmental health2011-04-21

Inquest into the Death of Barnes

50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…

Donna Lillian Barnes, a 50-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and multiple physical comorbidities including morbid obesity, asthma, and poor mobility, di…

psychiatrygeneral medicinecommunicationsystemantibiotics
VIChospital2024-04-19

Finding into death of Andrew Peter De Julia

61y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of aspiration pneumonia in a man with Pra…

…De Julia, a 61-year-old man with Prader-Willi syndrome, complex medical history including severe ischaemic heart disease, and multiple comorbidities, died of ischaemic heart disease complicated by aspiration pneumonia. …

general medicineintensive carenoradrenaline
WAhospital2022-06-08

Inquest into the Death of Salvatore Giovanni OTRANTO

68y · Male·Complications following myocardial infarction and its treatment in a man with mu…

Salvatore Otranto, a 68-year-old prisoner with multiple severe comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, COPD, and chronic kidney disease, died from complications of myocardial infarction and …

cardiologyintensive careproceduralenoxaparin
QLDhospital2023-10-20

HILSLEY, Herbert

79y · Male·Pneumonia, due to or as a consequence of emphysema (chronic obstructive pulmonar…

Herbert Charles Hilsley, aged 79, died of pneumonia secondary to emphysema with contributing ischaemic heart disease while incarcerated at Rockhampton Base Hospital. He had extensive comorbidities including COPD, is…

respiratory medicinecardiologysalbutamol
QLDhospital2014-11-04

Chettiar, Dharam Raj

82y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy resulting from coronary atherosclerosis (with previous …

An 82-year-old man with longstanding cardiac disease and renal failure died in custody from acute heart failure. He had been imprisoned for 3 years with well-documented cardiac…

cardiologyemergency medicinenicorandil
SAaged care2016-08-19

Coroner's Finding: CLAYTON James Edmund

59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarc…

A 59-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, paranoid schizophrenia, unstable type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and chronic renal f…

cardiologypsychiatrydiagnosticdelay
ACTaged care2020-06-02

Inquest into the death of VIOLA DIANA CLARKE

86y · Female·aspiration pneumonia

Viola Diana Clarke, an 86-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including congestive heart failure, COPD, renal failure, gastric reflux and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admini…

geriatric medicinerespiratory medicinemedication
VIChospital2025-12-01

Finding into death of Larelle Sheridan Dean

51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…

A 51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired p…

general medicineemergency medicinehydromorphone
NTcommunity2012-08-03

Inquest into the death of Geoffrey James Hewitt

44y · Male·undetermined; possibly multiple internal injuries from collision, acute myocardi…

…mine a definitive cause of death but identified three possibilities: internal injuries from the collision, acute myocardial infarction, or heart failure. The deceased had a history of heart disease (prior MI in 2009) an…

forensic medicineemergency medicinemethamphetamine
TAShospital2021-05-12

Coroner's Finding: Porthouse, David John

70y · Male·uraemic encephalopathy

David John Porthouse, a 70-year-old man with chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiac disease, fell at home in February 2020 causing a neck of femur frac…

orthopaedic surgerygeneral medicine

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