56y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following insulin and benzodiazepine overdose
…ycaemia. Despite paramedic resuscitation and hospital treatment including intubation, he sustained global cerebral hypoxia and died four days later. He had been placed on an Inpatient Treatment Order prior to death. The …
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
Janelle Maree Lavery, a 56-year-old woman with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumo…
35y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of post caecal resection for col…
…erred to St Vincent's Hospital where imaging revealed brain swelling and herniation. She died from global cerebral ischaemic injury. The cause of cerebral ischaemia was not definitively identified but may have been relat…
50y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia post episode of choking
…ities including post-stroke paralysis and dysphagia requiring modified diet. He died on 25 June 2009 from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia following aspiration of a sausage roll on 23 June 2009. The coroner found hi…
56y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia in a man with respiratory insufficiency and Down's Syndrome
A 56-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, schizophrenia, and severe cervical stenosis residing in supported care presented to hospital with respiratory failure and altered consciousness. He had aspirated food or se…
25y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure from heroin (morphine) toxicity
Jade Dorogi, a 25-year-old man with a history of drug addiction but no prior heroin use, died from cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure following heroin toxicity. He ingested heroin on 4 May 2009 with hi…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
A 57-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome died from aspiration pneumonia following a sh…
75y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of epilepsy and cerebral palsy
Raymond Charles Levy, a 75-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in supported disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He prese…
63y · Female·Complications following sedation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t…
Dianne Linford, a 63-year-old woman with profound disability from cerebral palsy and encephalitis, died from complications of sedation for PEG tube insertion. She had a congenital …
56y · Female·Aspiration Pneumonia in the setting of Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy
Lesley Fallon, a 56-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in high-level residential care, presented with sepsis complicated by pneumonia,…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a female who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectom…
Angela Murray, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholangiti…
33y · Male·cerebral hypoxia due to compression of the neck (suspension)
Leim Matthew Benson, 33, died from cerebral hypoxia due to neck compression by suspension on 4 April 2007. He died 3 days after being found hanging f…
40y · Female·Sepsis secondary to ureteritis, pyelonephritis and aspiration pneumonia with a c…
A 40-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, autism, and schizoaffective disorder living in specialist disability accommodation died from sepsi…
57y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
A 57-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and a history of aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneu…
64y · Female·Complications of hospital acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 infection
Heather Maree Smith, a 64-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications…
14y · Female·Acute cerebral hypoxia arising out of suffocation due to inhalation of toxic vap…
Haley Diamond, 14, died from acute cerebral hypoxia following inhalation of volatile substances (deodorant spray) in Kununurra, WA. She suffered acut…
64y · Female·COVID-19 and aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
Ms N, a 64-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from COVID-19 complicated by aspiration pneumo…
23y · Male·cerebral hypoxia secondary to strangulation from hanging by belt
…al intent. Later that day, he was found hanged by his belt from a hole in his wardrobe door and died from cerebral hypoxia three days later. The coroner found clinical staff acted appropriately and ward-level observation…
51y · Female·Sigmoid volvulus in the setting of COVID-19 infection
… 12 August 2023 from a disability accommodation facility where she lived with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. On admission, she was febrile, hypoxic, and COVID-19 positive with sigmoid volvulus identified on …
78y · Male·Cerebral infarction and hypoxic brain damage due to the combined effects of isch…
Paul Henri, 78, died from cerebral infarction and hypoxic brain damage following aspiration pneumonia and opioid-related complications. He w…
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