191 results for “alcohol addiction”
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, …
46y · Male·Ethanol (alcohol) and prescription drug toxicity
A 46-year-old man with chronic alcohol addiction and a history of epilepsy and insomnia died from combined ethanol and prescription drug toxicit…
Female·hanging (suicide)
Ms G, a woman in her forties with bipolar II disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and severe alcohol dependence, died by suicide in November 2014. She had been admitted to hospital six times for detoxificat…
30y · Male·acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity
A 30-year-old male with severe alcohol dependence died from acute ethanol toxicity after a prolonged drinking episode. Despite engagement with a…
55y · Male·Acute alcohol toxicity
Alan Wilson, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and severe alcohol addiction, died from acute alcohol toxicity in an aged care facility. Post-mortem blood alcohol concentra…
47y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse (SUDAM)
Lesley Maree Smith, 47, died at home on 9 May 2013 from Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse (SUDAM). She had chronic alcohol misuse (2 bottles nightly) and was prescribed diazepam by her GP,…
33y · Male·Undetermined
Robert Thomas Love, a 33-year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse and mental health difficulties, was found dead in his home in February 2015. The cause of …
Multiple: pneumonia with cardiomyopathy (Kugena female); septic shock from pneum…
…inquests into six Aboriginal deaths in Ceduna, South Australia between 2004-2009. All deceased had severe alcohol addiction and comorbidities including pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, liver disease, and seizures. Deaths resu…
59y · Male·Unascertained
…ed due to advanced decomposition. Toxicology revealed multiple drugs including fentanyl, benzodiazepines, alcohol, and THC. Possible causes included intentional or unintentional opioid overdose, or cardiac/respiratory c…
54y · Female·Acute alcohol toxicity with immersion
A 54-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and alcohol addiction died from acute alcohol toxicity with immersion. She was hospitalised involuntarily on 23 Decem…
33y · Female·heroin toxicity
Yvette Havet, a 33-year-old woman recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, died of heroin toxicity in May 2007. The coroner found that her fiancé administered t…
30y · Female·Acute ethanol toxicity on a background of chronic alcoholism
Kathleen Arnold, aged 30, died from acute ethanol toxicity on a background of chronic alcoholism. She had a 20-year history of alcohol dependence, complex trauma from a childhood near-drowning incide…
41y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, amitriptyline, methadone, morphine, diazepam, tema…
Matthew Frandsen, a 41-year-old with longstanding illicit drug and alcohol use disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, morphine, amitriptyline, and be…
70y · Male·chronic obstructive lung disease with emphysema on a background of advanced vasc…
…bott, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, vascular dementia, opioid addiction and alcohol abuse, died of COPD with emphysema at a residential care facility. He was admitted to hospit…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
DA was a 38-year-old man who died from mixed drug toxicity involving sedating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependent on codeine and benzodiazepines, initially obtain…
21y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest caused by methylamphetamine t…
…bstance use in young people presenting with behavioural changes; and the need for early intervention and addiction support when drug use is suspected.
38y · Male·Toxicity to heroin
A 38-year-old man with a 24-year history of heroin addiction died from heroin toxicity shortly after release from prison. He had recently completed a 3-month custodi…
44y · Male·acute alcohol intoxication
Samuel Patrick Burke Drummond, aged 44, died from acute alcohol intoxication with blood alcohol level of 0.572g/100ml (above the lethal threshold of 0.4g/100ml), combine…
27y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
…ong a road at 1:30am on 15 September 2016. She had longstanding borderline personality disorder (BPD) and alcohol dependency, with frequent crises involving multiple admissions to psychiatric units and private rehabilit…
71y · Male·Exsanguination from incised wounds to the neck and wrist
A 71-year-old man with bipolar disorder, depression, alcohol addiction, and cirrhosis died by suicide via exsanguination from neck and wrist lacerations. He had stopp…
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