18 results for “acute psychiatric exacerbation”
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…
57y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
…lanzapine under a Community Treatment Order. After failing a clinic appointment on 13 January, staff noted acute psychiatric symptoms (incoherence, rapid speech) and the CTO was revoked, making him liable for detention.…
28y · Male·Drowning
…the need for robust absconding protocols, immediate and comprehensive search procedures when vulnerable psychiatric inpatients go missing, clear communication between mental health services, and consideration of enhance…
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…
84y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy with cardiomegaly due to pulmonary hypertension and valvu…
…while subject to a Mental Health Act detention order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with acute congestive cardiac failure exacerbation, discharged to nursing care, but returned to hospital hours later …
62y · Male·drowning
…une 2016 after a rapid deterioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with paranoid delusions in the weeks before death, triggered by a petrol spill incident. Fo…
30y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in an overweight man with comorbidities (including rec…
…al Health Act care. After two weeks of increasingly challenging management at Kalgoorlie Health Campus for acute psychotic exacerbation, he was transferred by RFDS to Fiona Stanley Hospital ICU, intubated due to severe …
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…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
…and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward. He was an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit experiencing acute psychotic relapse wi…
82y · Female·acute pyelonephritis complicating base of bladder malignancy
Joyce Binch, 82, died of acute pyelonephritis from bladder malignancy while detained under mental health legislation. She was admitted wi…
68y · Female·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy as a result of Hanging
A 68-year-old woman with longstanding psychotic illness presented to ED with acute relapse, homicidal ideation toward her husband, and vague suicidal threats. Psychiatry assessed suicide ri…
62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …
… died from hyponatremia (sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure and aspiration during involuntary psychiatric admission. She had been on escitalopram (SSRI) for depression and was admitted after refusing depot ant…
30y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, duloxetine and codeine)
…ngaged with Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) following referral by her private psychiatrist for acute suicidal ideation. Key clinical lessons include: BPD patients may not disclose suicide plans despite appea…
60y · Male·Pulmonary tuberculosis in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with…
A 60-year-old man remanded in custody died from pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by severe COPD. Key clinical issues included: delayed diagnosis (TB not suspected at intake despite respiratory symptoms), patient's refu…
62y · Male·Incised wound to the neck
A 62-year-old man died from an incised neck wound inflicted by his son during a psychotic relapse. The son, with a 15-year history of schizophrenia managed in the community, was experiencing worsening psychotic symptoms …
40y · Male·Victims: fatal stab wounds from knife attack; Joel Cauchi: fatal gunshot wounds …
… Darchia) before being shot and killed by NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott. The inquest examined Cauchi's psychiatric care, particularly noting that his treating psychiatrist Dr B.-Lavack failed to adequately monitor him …
23y · Male·hanging
…nging while an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit of Royal North Shore Hospital. He presented acutely on 4 February 2019 with severe suicidal ideation and a reported self-harm attempt. Despite appropriate i…
Male·Transection of the aorta with exsanguination caused by gunshot wounds to the mid…
Warren I'Anson died from gunshot wounds to the mid-back on 17 November 1995 during a police response to a mental health crisis. He had schizophrenia, recently experienced grief from his wife and friend's deaths, and was …
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