181 results for “back pain”
51y · Male·Pericardial tamponade complicating Type I aortic dissection in the setting of lo…
…ordon, 51, presented to Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department on 20 March 2015 with sudden onset chest pain. Initial assessment suspected acute coronary syndrome with elevated troponin. Over 36 hours he experienced …
61y · Male·hanging
… as he consistently declined antidepressant medication. In early January 2020, he overdosed on prescription painkillers following relationship breakdown and worsening back pain, requiring hospital admission. He was disch…
57y · Female·Haemopericardium complicating ascending thoracic aortic dissection
A 57-year-old woman presenting to the ED with sudden-onset sharp mid-back pain, syncope, shortness of breath, and lower limb neurological symptoms was diagnosed with musculoskeletal…
44y · Female·mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents
A 44-year-old woman with chronic back pain and depression died from mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had been prescri…
80y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
An 80-year-old man with chronic back pain died by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 1 March 2011. Five days before his death, he menti…
36y · Male·Unascertained
…ared on 25 January 2023 and is presumed deceased. He had treatment-resistant depression, was in significant pain from a recent back injury, and was prescribed opioids (Lyrica, Endone, Oxycodone). On the morning of disapp…
Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol and diazepam)
…ed from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving tramadol and diazepam. He had a history of chronic lower back pain and depression managed with these medications prescribed by his GP over several years. While he had pr…
63y · Male·uncontrolled haemorrhage from ruptured aortic aneurysm
A 63-year-old man presented with sudden back pain on 6 March 2004. Ambulance officers attended twice; on the first visit they did not transport him to h…
74y · Male·Drowning
…al health conditions dating to 1973. At the time of death, he was experiencing financial stress and chronic back pain. Evidence indicates he deliberately planned his death, including researching chain weight requirements…
67y · Male·hypothermia
Richard Thorn, a 67-year-old man with a history of alcoholism and back problems affecting mobility, was found deceased on his bedroom floor. Autopsy confirmed death from hypother…
43y · Male·Acute bacterial meningitis
…obert Spencer, a 43-year-old man, died from acute bacterial meningitis on 3 October 2009. He presented with back pain, fever, and paraesthesia on 25 September, attended Benalla Hospital (discharged home), saw GP Dr S. on…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complic…
…yline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complicated by biventricular heart hypertrophy. She had chronic back pain treated with opioids and used excessive over-the-counter antihistamines for perceived allergies and th…
72y · Male·sepsis of undetermined source (pneumonia or spinal epidural abscess)
A 72-year-old man presented to ED with back pain, fever, elevated inflammatory markers (CRP 77.9, high WBC), hypotension (98/59 mmHg at 6:30am), hypona…
70y · Male·Unknown cause; presumed drowning but sudden medical event cannot be excluded
…orge William Le Vaux, a 70-year-old man with multiple chronic health conditions including severe headaches, back pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, disappeared after being dropped at Swanbourne Beach on 22…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died from heroi…
65y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 65-year-old man with recently diagnosed small cell lung cancer presented to a rural hospital with acute back pain. He had a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (73mm) identified on staging scans. The attending nurse docu…
31y · Male·Combined effects of multiple drugs in an obese male with findings suggestive of …
…edications in an obese patient with findings suggestive of bronchopneumonia. He suffered a severe workplace back injury (lumbar disc prolapse and compression) in March 2006, leading to chronic pain, depression, and anxie…
38y · Male·haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) due to aortic dissection
…ld male, died from haemopericardium due to aortic dissection. He presented to ED on 9 June 2015 with severe back and abdominal pain, elevated lactate, and neurological symptoms suggesting vascular pathology. Junior regis…
57y · Female·starvation due to insufficient food intake
…ed from starvation after progressively restricting her food intake over months while immobilised by chronic back pain. She had a gastrointestinal stromal tumour and advanced lung disease from smoking. Her partner, Philip…
37y · Male·asphyxia due to oxygen deprivation secondary to inhalation of helium
Andrew Nolan Christie, a 37-year-old former soldier with PTSD and back pain, died by suicide using helium inhalation on 16 August 2017. Key clinical lessons: (1) Military veteran…
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