Coronial

6 results for chronic cognitive impairment from alcohol abuse

SAaged care2011-09-19

Coroner's Finding: RICHARDSON Margaret Joan

63y · Female·ischaemic heart disease

…a private nursing home where she was detained under a Guardianship Board order. She had a long history of chronic alcohol abuse and cognitive impairment. The coroner found no evidence of inadequate care at the nursing h…

cardiologygeriatric medicine
SAhospital2020-05-21

Coroner's Finding: SNIECIKOWSKA Alicja

68y · Female·chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ms Sniecikowska, a 68-year-old Polish-speaking woman with severe COPD, chronic alcoholism, cognitive impairment, and significant social isolation, was admitted to hospital for acute CO…

respiratory medicineemergency medicinemorphine
NSWcommunity2021-01-29

Inquest into the death of Deborah Spencer

56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…

Deborah Spencer, a 56-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use and previous falls, died from blunt head injury with hyoid bone fracture. She was found unconscious n…

emergency medicineintensive care
NTcommunity2026-01-23

Inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Johnson

45y · Male·Environmental exposure and dehydration

A 45-year-old Aboriginal man with severe cognitive impairment (6.5-year-old equivalent English comprehension), traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and multipl…

geriatric medicinepsychiatrycommunicationsystem
NSWhospital2023-07-21

Inquest into the death of Ziad Hamawy

51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …

Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following hi…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationheroin
SAprison2005-05-31

Coroner's Finding: McLEOD Ian

45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and suppurative bronchitis complicating hypoxic brain damage

Ian McLeod, a 45-year-old lawyer with alcohol dependence and depression, died from hypoxic brain damage and bronchopneumonia following a hanging while …

psychiatrycorrectional healthdiagnosticcommunicationdiazepam

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