259 results for “agitation”
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
…rome (ARDS) requiring ICU care with non-invasive ventilation. Critical failures occurred in managing his agitation and hypoxaemia on the evening of 3 July 2016. Although prescribed 1:1 nursing care criteria were met (re…
54y · Female·malignant melanoma with brain metastases
…diotherapy for melanoma that had spread to lymph nodes. During radiotherapy, she developed confusion and agitation due to intracranial metastases. She was detained under an Inpatient Treatment Order to facilitate invest…
91y · Male·pneumonia on a background of chronic congestive cardiac failure and chronic obst…
A 91-year-old man with chronic cardiac failure, COPD and atrial fibrillation presented with confusion, agitation and dyspnoea. Admitted with pneumonia and delirium, he exhibited combative behaviour and resisted oxygen…
28y · Male·Traumatic brain damage complicating contact .22 calibre gunshot wound to the mid…
…n, South Australia. In the months prior, he had displayed signs of depression, isolation, and increasing agitation following a friend's suicide eight years earlier. On 2 April 1997, he became severely agitated, damaged …
84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …
…espite being assessed as high falls risk. She underwent surgery on 27 August but her acute mania, severe agitation, and challenging behaviour made post-operative management extremely difficult. Staff could not administe…
47y · Male·Drug toxicity in the setting of restraint
… 36 minutes. The coroner found police restraint was necessary and reasonable given the patient's violent agitation near a busy highway. Clinical lessons include recognition that even appropriate care cannot prevent deat…
87y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection and general inanition complicating…
… and general inanition. He was admitted to hospital multiple times in 2015 with behavioural disturbance, agitation, and medical complications including urinary retention and pneumonia. He required escalating levels of c…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of struggle, neck compression and amphetamine …
…ates how acute amphetamine intoxication can precipitate dangerous behavioural and physiological changes (agitation, aggression, elevated heart rate and blood pressure) that increase vulnerability to fatal arrhythmias, p…
47y · Male·glioblastoma of the brain (glioblastoma multiforme, left frontal lobe)
…l. His brain tumour in the left frontal lobe caused behavioural changes including aggression, confusion, agitation and poor impulse control. He was detained under the Mental Health Act 1993 on 2 June 2007 after becoming…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
…lapse with command hallucinations. Clinical staff were present and responding appropriately to his acute agitation and behaviours. The fall occurred unexpectedly despite close supervision and 15-minute visual observatio…
93y · Female·Catastrophic subdural haemorrhage resulting from head strike sustained in a witn…
… Mrs Weldon's rapid physical and mental deterioration in the weeks prior to death, along with increasing agitation, created a high-risk situation. However, the coroner was satisfied that staff supervision was adequate, …
36y · Female·Excited delirium
…tly fatal, but the pathologist concluded her death resulted from excited delirium—a condition of extreme agitation and physiological stress mediated by adrenaline that can be fatal even without severe injury. A triple-0…
45y · Female·methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) endocarditis of the mitral va…
…infections carry high risk of bacteremia and sepsis even with standard precautions, and that psychiatric agitation in this context posed an inherent management challenge.
70y · Female·end stage dementia
… 2017. Initially placed in aged care respite, she required hospital-level psychiatric care due to severe agitation, violence, and behavioural disturbances related to Alzheimer's dementia. At RGH, she received antipsycho…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease (operated); severe native coronary artery atheroma with …
…Health Act inpatient treatment order at Flinders Medical Centre. He presented with falls, confusion, and agitation following a head injury. Key clinical issues included excessive MS Contin consumption (suspected 10 tabl…
33y · Male·Postural asphyxia due to restraint (Posey Poncho vest)
…ey Poncho vest. Successfully treated for overdose complications, he developed drug-induced delirium with agitation, prompting restraint to prevent falls. Clinical staff were unaware of critical safety risks—the Posey ma…
36y · Male·Unknown – Open Finding
…bt that he is deceased, though manner and cause remain undetermined. Key concerns include his documented agitation and depression in the days before disappearance, a forearm laceration of unclear origin, sudden terminat…
80y · Male·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism
An 80-year-old man with dementia was detained under the Mental Health Act at Howard House (Hillcrest Hospital) for confusion, aggression, and behavioural disturbance. He died three days after admission from bilateral pul…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with pre-existing severe ischaemic heart disease who …
… monitoring at the scene despite information about his cardiac history and obvious clinical decline from agitation to unresponsiveness. Cardiac arrest was identified only after he was loaded in the ambulance. Critical c…
54y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…dence. On 1 July 2014, despite being on hourly observations and deteriorating mental state that evening (agitation, tremors after ceasing medication for ECT), he was allowed accompanied leave with his partner. The hospi…
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