12 results for “cardiorespiratory depression”
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
…d drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine overdose) causing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found it more likely than not that her partner Justin Witsen injected her with h…
42y · Female·gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity; cardiorespiratory depression
…on promptly and professionally when she was found unresponsive, but the patient had already suffered cardiorespiratory depression from the toxic drug dose. Critical delays in resuscitation occurred because perpetrators …
40y · Male·Cardiomyopathy with early pneumonia in a man with reported sleep apnoea and high…
…ilation and hypercapnia despite apparently normal respiratory rate on visual inspection. He suffered cardiorespiratory arrest between 6.30am and 7.10am on 21 November and could not be revived. Clinical lessons: undiagno…
17y · Male·Complications of head injury sustained in a single vehicle roll-over; cardioresp…
A 17-year-old male died from head injuries sustained when the vehicle he was a passenger in rolled after leaving the roadway. The driver (a 17-year-old peer) lost control while travelling at approximately 100 kph on a re…
16y · Male·Complications of acute alcohol intoxication
…ous on an outdoor couch. Clinical lessons: acute alcohol intoxication in young people causes respiratory depression and airway compromise risk; loud snoring during unconsciousness indicates severe CNS depression requirin…
43y · Male·Pneumonia
…rtwig, a 43-year-old with chronic schizophrenia and opiate dependence, died from pneumonia following cardiorespiratory collapse on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit. He was on multiple psychoactive medications includi…
18y · Female·Acute Alcohol Toxicity with Early Pneumonia and Aspiration
… and professional airway management. Those present lacked understanding of alcohol toxicity, respiratory depression, and aspiration risk.
26y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (MDMA, ketamine, methylphenidate, and novel psychoactive sub…
Mr P, a 26-year-old man, died from mixed drug toxicity involving MDMA, ketamine, methylphenidate, and novel psychoactive substances (synthetic cathinones: ethylone, eutylone, N-ethylpentylone, N-ethylhexedrone). He consu…
24y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following unexplained cardiorespiratory arrest
A 24-year-old female with brittle Type 1 diabetes and multiple comorbidities presented to Joondalup ED with a rapidly spreading blistering rash on 3 September 2009. Dr C. appropriately identified a potentially serious de…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
… partner's methadone in combination with these prescribed medications and other drugs, causing fatal cardiorespiratory depression. The coroner found the prescribing pattern inappropriate and a significant contributory f…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitr…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
33-year-old Indigenous man died following police restraint and inappropriate midazolam administration during an acute drug-induced behavioural disturbance. Mr Coolwell sustained injuries while in acute methamphetamine-in…
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