54y · Female·infective exacerbation of asthma with congestive cardiac failure
Alison Stamp, a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome, dementia, and chronic asthma living in residential care, died from infective exacerbation of asthma with congestive cardiac failure. Sh…
8y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic asthma
An 8-year-old boy with undertreated chronic asthma presented to North West Regional Hospital with acute exacerbation. Initial assessment underestimated sever…
40y · Male·Bronchial Asthma
Ricardo Arquero, a 40-year-old man serving a prison sentence, died from acute bronchial asthma at Glen Innes Correctional Centre on 19 August 2019. He had a documented history of asthma since childhood…
56y · Female·asthma
… who was living in Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supported accommodation, died from acute asthma while returning from a walking excursion. She had been prescribed both preventer (Seretide) and reliever (…
9y · Female·Acute exacerbation of asthma on a background of anaphylaxis
A 9-year-old girl with known egg allergy and asthma died from acute exacerbation of asthma on a background of anaphylaxis after consuming a Cadbury Chocolate …
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbo…
46y · Male·Respiratory arrest secondary to acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma caused by…
A 46-year-old man with poorly controlled asthma and known ibuprofen hypersensitivity presented to a rural hospital with chest pain. A remote on-call docto…
29y · Male·acute asthma
A 29-year-old male with known asthma and hay fever died from acute asthma during the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne. He p…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…c ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbourne. She had known asthma with poor medication compliance, was highly sensitized to rye gra…
13y · Male·Asthma
Master S was a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy with severe persistent asthma who died at home on 13 November 2019. He was found unresponsive with his nebuliser mask on his face. The c…
35y · Male·Acute asthma
Apollo George Papadopoulos, age 35, died from acute asthma during the Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event on 21 November 2016. He had known asthma and hay fever trig…
9y · Male·asthma - acute episode of asthma which became increasingly resistant to Ventolin
Hunter Campbell Marr, a 9-year-old with episodic asthma, was admitted on 2 January 2014 with asthma exacerbation. His parents denied or minimised his asthma diagn…
1y · Male·Parainfluenza, pneumonitis and asthma; haemorrhagic mucositis of the bowel and g…
…lications of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment. He developed parainfluenza pneumonitis, severe asthma, chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and gastrointestinal bleeding with haemorrhagic mucos…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
Hoi-Sam Lau, 49, died from acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event of 21 Novembe…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
…Aboriginal man from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, died in custody at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma). He was a remand prisoner at Eastern Goldfields Regio…
16y · Male·Anaphylaxis due to mammalian meat allergy after tick bite, causing an acute exac…
Jeremy Webb, 16, died from anaphylaxis due to mammalian meat allergy (tick-induced) which triggered status asthmaticus. He had experienced red meat reactions since age 10 and a severe respiratory event in April 2021 that…
35y · Male·bronchial asthma
A 35-year-old man with mild asthma died from severe bronchial asthma within hours of arriving at a Christmas Island immigration detention cen…
27y · Male·Sudden cardiac arrest in the context of physical and psychological exertion duri…
…eral vascular neck restraint application, methamphetamine intoxication (1.1mg/L—potentially lethal level), asthma, bronchopneumonia, and coronary atherosclerosis. Medical evidence indicated Steven had extremely compromis…
83y · Female·Acute on chronic renal failure secondary to infectious exacerbation of chronic o…
…ry disease and chronic renal failure died from acute-on-chronic renal failure complicated by infectious exacerbation of COPD. She presented to hospital on 13 October 2022 with respiratory and renal deterioration, was dis…
66y · Female·Complications of pulmonary fibrosis and bronchiectasis in a woman with cerebral …
…ease. She had required six hospital presentations between December 2015 and August 2016 for respiratory exacerbations. In late July 2016, she presented with respiratory distress and was admitted under general medicine wi…
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