38 results for “acute on chronic psychiatric deterioration”
88y · Male·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive airways …
An 88-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic schizophrenia died of bilateral acute bronchopneumonia while su…
55y · Male·Cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory failure and chronic obstructive airways dise…
Mr John Threadgold, a 55-year-old man with extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder, substance dependency), chronic obstructive airways disease, and alco…
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
Jodi McPaul, a 33-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia and chronic suicide risk, was admitted involuntarily to Frankston Hospital on 29 March 2007. Despite psychiatric team…
63y · Male·Respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways dis…
Lewis Chetcuti, 63-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient with longstanding schizophrenia and significant comorbidities including severe COPD, congestive…
92y · Female·community acquired pneumonia on a background of end stage chronic obstructive ai…
…onia on a background of end-stage COAD. She was admitted to hospital in late December 2012 with health deterioration and malnutrition (38kg). She developed acute psychiatric symptoms including paranoid delusions and ref…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
…easingly depressed and self-neglectful, refusing food and cooperation with therapy. She was admitted to psychiatric care under Mental Health Act detention. On 9 May 2009, her physical health acutely declined with shock-…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
…ld man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in front of a train. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management including r…
53y · Female·Unable to determine; circumstances suggest death by suicide but body never recov…
…ela Joy Jeffrey, a 53-year-old woman with a long history of depression managed with antidepressants and psychiatric care, disappeared on 1 June 2016 from Bakers Beach, Tasmania. She had experienced a significant mood de…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
QBT, a 64-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including schizophrenia, COPD, and hypertension, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital on an Assessm…
71y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage mixed pattern dementia and acute …
Bryan Robert Hall, age 71, died from general inanition secondary to end-stage mixed dementia and acute renal failure while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order at Repatriation General Hospital. He had a c…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart di…
…nia 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 comorbidities including congestive heart failure, …
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
… due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle a…
61y · Male·hanging
…ifelong depression and social phobia, died by hanging on 13-14 January 2020. He had received consistent psychiatric care from an experienced psychiatrist for 16 years using supportive psychotherapy, as he consistently d…
47y · Male·Complications of acute agitation in the setting of a prolonged struggle in an ac…
Ricky Broughton, a 47-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died during police restraint while being transferred for involuntary p…
58y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiapine, propra…
A 58-year-old man with chronic depression, anxiety and personality disorders died from combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, …
39y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Drew Aaron Boaler, a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and chronic renal failure, died from complications of his renal disease while on an outing. He had presumed lithium-i…
58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…
David John McLeod, a 58-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit on 21 August 2012 following mental health deterioration. He presented with signs of infe…
52y · Female·stab wound to the chest
…ude: the importance of recognizing escalating self-harm severity, understanding that suicide risk remains chronic even during periods of apparent improvement, awareness that relationship loss can precipitate acute deter…
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…
78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
…lia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect while admitted under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer with extensive brain metastases discovered on MRI. His de…
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