105 results for “chronic asthma”
36y · Male·bronchial asthma
Nathan Reynolds, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with severe asthma, died from bronchial asthma in prison on 1 September 2018. His death exposed critical failings in both imm…
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 underestimat…
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 fai…
1y · Male·Chronic Bronchial Asthma
Master T, a 17-month-old boy with chronic asthma, died from status asthmaticus on 25 November 2019. He had experienced recurrent wheezing episodes …
85y · Male·Diabetes mellitus and its complications
…ellitus and its complications. He had extensive comorbidities including COPD, ischaemic heart disease, and asthma. He was transferred to the aged care unit after hospitalisation at Prince of Wales Hospital for shortness …
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…
69y · Female·Toxicity to pentobarbitone in circumstances where she intended to end her own li…
Heather Telfer, a 69-year-old woman with longstanding asthma, chronic health anxiety, and significant social isolation, died from pentobarbitone toxicity. She had a pr…
78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…
…tbelt and the crash was low-speed. Her death was compounded by significant underlying medical conditions: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, malnutrition with cachexia, and frailty. She was admitted to Royal Darwin …
64y · Male·Complications of eosinophilic asthma with bronchiectasis and allergic bronchopul…
Wayne Mullin, a 64-year-old man with severe eosinophilic asthma, bronchiectasis, and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, died between 21 September and 20 October 202…
83y · Female·pneumonia with generalised atherosclerosis as a significant contributor
…h generalised atherosclerosis as a significant contributor. She had multiple comorbidities including COPD, asthma, sleep apnoea and heart disease, complicated by recent falls and repeated pneumonia requiring intubation. …
75y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to carcinoma of the left lung (metastatic adenocarcinoma)
…imes from September 2010 with progressive shortness of breath and cough, initially attributed to his known asthma history. Although examined and monitored appropriately on each occasion, advanced lung cancer with pleural…
69y · Female·Asthma
June Sylvia Long, aged 69, suffered an asthma attack at home on 28 June 1994 and was transported to Alfred Hospital. She deteriorated overnight in the h…
57y · Male·Bilateral bronchopneumonia in a man with asthma, tetraplegia and multiple other …
Andrew McDougall, 57, a man with complex medical comorbidities including tetraplegia, COPD, asthma, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes, died from bilateral bronchopneumonia at his supported disability ac…
58y · Male·Complications of community-acquired pneumonia, in a man with chronic lung diseas…
Adrian Phillips, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic lung disease (emphysema, bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, asthma), died from community-acquired pneumonia …
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
Donna Lillian Barnes, a 50-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and multiple physical comorbidities including morbid obesity, asthma, and poor mobility, di…
38y · Male·combined effects of acute-on-chronic respiratory disease and cardiomegaly
Marshall Ruben Edgill, a 38-year-old Indigenous man, died in custody from acute-on-chronic respiratory disease and cardiomegaly. He had longstanding obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), obesity, asthma…
47y · Male·Bronchopneumonia on a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use
… methadone, died from bronchopneumonia with a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use. He suffered chronic severe asthma and recurrent chest infections. Key clinical issues: (1) Methadone's respiratory depressant…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
… 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 Regional Prison wi…
55y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with Down Syndrome
Glenn Thomas King, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, asthma, bronchiectasis and recurrent chest infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia. He was treated by …
63y · Female·Escherichia coli septicaemia in a lady with multiple comorbidities
Helen Welsh, 63, died from E. coli septicaemia with multiple comorbidities. She presented with respiratory symptoms and underwent bronchoscopy. On discharge day, she deteriorated with fever, altered consciousness, and hy…
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