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461 results for aspiration risk

VIChospital2023-08-09

Finding into death of Shannon Troy Calvert

51y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with severe scoliosis and cerebral palsy

A 51-year-old man with severe scoliosis and cerebral palsy died from aspiration pneumonia. He had a documented history of aspiration risk requiring monitoring while drinking. During ad…

speech pathologyinfectious diseases
VIChospital2024-01-18

Finding into death of Amelia Antonopoulos

60y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with Down's syndrome with dementia and epilepsy

A 60-year-old woman with Down syndrome, dementia, and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented to hospital with pneumonia on 1 October, improved, and was discharged on 21 Oct…

emergency medicinepalliative care
VIChospital

Finding into death of Ella Felicity Hitchen

32y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with severe cerebral palsy as underlying condition

…al palsy, quadraplegia, intellectual disability, vision impairment, epilepsy and dysphagia who died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a PEG tube inserted in 2011 due to aspiration risk. Following a previous aspiration p…

respiratory medicinegeneral medicine
VIChospital2025-08-29

Finding into death of John Mark Robinson

61y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy

John Mark Robinson, 61, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by cerebral palsy. He presented to hospital on 29 March 2024, initially had end-of…

general medicinerespiratory medicine
VIChospital2021-09-30

Finding into death of James Owen Lynch

71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability

A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagi…

emergency medicineintensive careamoxicillin
VIChospital2019-04-02

Finding into death of Bevan John Stevens

73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus in a man with Down syndrome

A 73-year-old man with Down syndrome and a history of dysphagia with recurrent aspiration pneumonia presented with drowsiness, shortness of breath, and was found to have sigmoid volvulus and lef…

general medicinegastroenterologyceftriaxone
VIChospital2018-08-27

Finding into death of PH

51y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with status epilepticus

A 51-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intellectual disability, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from complications of aspiration pneumonia and status epilepticus. He presented with stat…

neurologyintensive careanticonvulsant medications
VICaged care2025-02-12

Finding into death of Donald Walter Thoms

90y · Male·Complications following aspiration of food

Donald Walter Thoms, 90 years old with intellectual disability and high aspiration risk, died from complications following aspiration of food while in specialist disability residential ca…

palliative careemergency medicine
VIC2012-08-16

Finding into death of Rosemary Auchettl

52y · Female·Respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia; Down syndrome as unde…

…Down syndrome and profound intellectual disability, died from respiratory failure secondary to recurrent aspiration pneumonia while in residential care. She had a documented history of chronic aspiration pneumonia and pu…

respiratory medicinepalliative care
VIChospital2024-11-15

Finding into death of Kerry Patricia Johnston

63y · Female·Aspiration event in the setting of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and …

… Johnston, a 63-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and bowel cancer, died from aspiration on 26 December 2022 at Mildura Base Hospital. She had been discharged four days earlier following three …

general medicinerespiratory medicine
VIChospital2025-06-25

Finding into death of Melanie Louise Gregory

39y · Female·aspiration pneumonia in the setting of general anaesthesia and colonoscopy for i…

A 39-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and sleep apnoea died from aspiration pneumonia following a colonoscopy performed under sedation for investigation of rectal bleeding. She had…

gastroenterologyanaesthesia
VIChospital2020-03-06

Finding into death of James Daniel Bankin

41y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of tuberous sclerosis

James Daniel Bankin, a 41-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital following a prolonged seizure in July 2019 and subsequently place…

neurologyemergency medicine
VIChospital2018-03-08

Finding into death of Lesley Fallon

56y · Female·Aspiration Pneumonia in the setting of Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy

…iving in high-level residential care, presented with sepsis complicated by pneumonia, cholecystitis, and aspiration risk. Despite aggressive treatment including antibiotics, blood transfusion, and MET team interventions …

infectious diseasesrespiratory medicineantibiotics
VIChospital2019-11-07

Finding into death of Robert Szlamowicz

58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and end stage down syndrome

Robert Szlamowicz, a 58-year-old man with Down syndrome, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by end-stage Down syndrome. He had recurrent hospital admissions for functional de…

intensive carerespiratory medicine
VIChospital2025-10-17

Finding into death of Raymond Charles Levy

75y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of epilepsy and cerebral palsy

…75-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in supported disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He presented to hospital with fatigue, fever and cough on 18 October 2023 and was admitted wi…

general medicineemergency medicineceftriaxone
VIChospital2010-06-21

Finding into death of Ashley William Seedsman

34y · Male·Septic shock from aspiration pneumonia; cerebral palsy was a contributing condit…

…ellectual disability, epilepsy, diabetes, and PEG tube feeding, presented to the ED on 15 July 2009 with aspiration pneumonia after vomiting and aspiration through his PEG tube. He was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia…

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
VIChospital2010-10-21

Finding into death of Michael Handley

47y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and diabetes mellitus

A 47-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes, previous strokes, acquired brain injury, and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by cerebral infarction. He had chronic aspiration risk due to atonic bowel and had…

intensive carerespiratory medicine
VIC2024-12-09

Finding into death of Paul Philpott

58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of recurrent aspiration pneumonia and heart …

Paul Philpott, a 58-year-old man with Down's Syndrome, died from aspiration pneumonia with recurrent aspiration and heart failure. He was found non-responsive and vomiting in his s…

palliative caregeneral medicine
QLDhome2007-09-26

Crowston, Amanda Terese Francis

22y · Female·aspiration of gastric content due to drug abuse

Amanda Crowston, 22 years old, died from aspiration of gastric contents after a weekend of heavy alcohol and drug use (amphetamines, methylamphetamine, MDMA…

delayalcohol
VIChospital2020-04-22

Finding into death of Dale Roberts

54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia

…a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and severe dysphasia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Box Hill Hospital. He was admitted with aspiration pneumonia and seizur…

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
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