57y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease
A 57-year-old man with extensive medical history including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and chronic airways disease died of acute myocardial infarction whil…
76y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to right pneumonectomy and chronic obstructive air…
A 76-year-old man with a history of right pneumonectomy 25 years prior, chronic obstructive airways disease, and recent-onset dementia was detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital. On 21 M…
82y · Male·Lateral left ventricular myocardial infarction attributed to severe left circumf…
An 82-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive airways disease and dementia died of acute myocardial infarction while detained under mental health legislation i…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease complicating chronic obstructive airways disease
Jon Bickley, aged 79, died of ischaemic heart disease complicating chronic obstructive airways disease while subject to an Inpatient Treatment Order at Flinder…
60y · Male·pneumonia in a man with underlying advanced metastatic cancer and chronic airway…
Adrian Bernard Williams, a 60-year-old man with advanced metastatic cancer, chronic obstructive airways disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from pneumonia while in prison custody. He was appropriately c…
74y · Female·Infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease in the setting of …
Caroline McCormack, 74, died from infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease following a medication administration error where pregabalin was erroneously included in her Webs…
55y · Male·Cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory failure and chronic obstructive airways dise…
… with extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder, substance dependency), chronic obstructive airways disease, and alcohol abuse, died from cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure. He was admitted inv…
73y · Male·Infectious Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease with the Contribu…
Mr H, a 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive airways disease and Lewy body dementia, was admitted to hospital on 6 January 2021 following a psychiatric incide…
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
…sity, asthma, and poor mobility, died of acute heart failure associated with acute-on-chronic obstructive airways disease (influenza A infection), focal coronary atherosclerosis, and obesity on 19 September 2007 at Gray…
68y · Male·Metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma
…rom metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma. He had multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and chronic obstructive airways disease. Diagnosed with oesophageal carcinoma in January 2012,…
63y · Male·pulmonary emphysema
…en saturation and respiratory rates remained normal until shortly before death. Earlier diagnosis of lung disease would likely not have altered outcomes given his long-standing heavy smoking, limited capacity to change …
50y · Female·unascertained
…ased following unsuccessful resuscitation. She had metastatic Stage 4 ovarian cancer, chronic obstructive airways disease with Type 2 respiratory failure, and congestive cardiac failure. Her last chemotherapy was one we…
63y · Male·Respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways dis…
…o acute exacerbation of COPD. In the three weeks prior to death he had multiple ED presentations for lung disease and heart failure exacerbations. On 9 July 2011 he presented with similar symptoms, received antibiotics …
63y · Female·Unascertained (natural causes) - favoured mechanism sudden cardiac arrhythmia
…ponsive in the toilet and declared deceased at 7:32pm on 13 May 2022. Autopsy revealed severe fatty liver disease, elevated heart weight, and foreign material in airways, with sudden cardiac arrhythmia being the likely …
85y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
An 85-year-old man with COPD, diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease died from type 1 respiratory failure due to mucous plugging of airways. He presented with a foot ulcer an…
56y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia in a man with respiratory insufficiency and Down's Syndrome
…ious state did not improve and he was palliated. Autopsy showed pulmonary congestion, chronic obstructive airways disease changes, and cerebellar hypoxic changes. Clinical lesson: early recognition of declining consciou…
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
A 95-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic airways disease, aspiration pneumonia history, and dementia was struck unpr…
66y · Male·acute myocardial infarction on a background of atherosclerotic cardiovascular di…
…t Acacia Prison from acute myocardial infarction on a background of severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He had been imprisoned since May 2007 with a complex medical history including previous bypass surgery, …
4y · Male·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Category 2)
…mplete autopsy investigation. The infant had undiagnosed recurring respiratory issues (suspected reactive airways disease or asthma from birth) but had been sleeping on a shared sleep surface with his mother. The corone…
70y · Female·end stage dementia
Carole Ann Dunstan, a 70-year-old woman with end-stage dementia, died of natural causes at Repatriation General Hospital on 17 June 2017 while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order. She had been admitted followi…
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