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69 results for community-acquired pneumonia

VIChospital2025-08-22

Finding into death of Melanie Ranken

33y · Female·Respiratory sepsis in a woman with an acquired brain injury

…a 2017 motor vehicle accident and post-traumatic epilepsy, died from respiratory sepsis secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. She was admitted to Ballarat Base Hospital on 20 May 2025 with severe pneumonia and treat…

respiratory medicineinfectious diseases
SAhospital2011-09-23

Coroner's Finding: HISCOCK Stephen West

90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating community acquired pneumonia

A 90-year-old man died of aspiration pneumonia complicating community-acquired pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act following a suicide…

psychiatrygeneral medicine
VICcommunity2026-07-09

Finding into death of Danielle Jade Pezzutti

35y · Female·Respiratory failure secondary to community-acquired pneumonia in a woman with ce…

…lsy, intellectual disability (Trisomy 5P), and dysphagia, died from respiratory failure secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. On 11 July 2024, she became unwell at day care and was brought home. That evening, when f…

emergency medicineintensive care
VIChospital2013-05-09

Finding into death of Wayne Paul Eadie

47y · Male·pneumonia

Wayne Eadie, a 47-year-old man with intellectual disability living in residential care, died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chronic renal failure. He presented unwell on 3 February 2012 and …

general practicerespiratory medicinechlorpromazine
VIChome2026-06-03

Finding into death of Tracy Louise Walford

53y · Female·Respiratory failure due to community acquired pneumonia and acute pulmonary oede…

…artment, she was found in severe respiratory distress with oxygen saturations of 40%, diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and acute pulmonary oedema. The coroner found she died of natural causes from respiratory …

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
SAhospital2014-05-19

Coroner's Finding: AYRES David Stanley

65y · Male·sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia

David Stanley Ayres, aged 65, died from sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia while in hospital detention under a Mental Health Act order. He presented to his GP on 8 June 2011 with …

general practiceintensive caresystemcefalexin
VICaged care2026-04-28

Finding into death of Graham Peter Moore

61y · Male·Pneumonia complicating Trisomy 21

…-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, and early-onset dementia living in residential care, died of pneumonia on 8 December 2025. He developed community-acquired pneumonia in late November, was hospitalised at Aust…

respiratory medicineinfectious diseases
NSWhospital2020-02-04

Into the death of Neville Raymond Towner

52y · Male·Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

…an serving a life sentence, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to severe community-acquired pneumonia. He presented to hospital on 15 June 2018 with respiratory symptoms and hypoxia, was admit…

respiratory medicineintensive caremethylprednisolone
VIChospital2019-07-17

Finding into death of Glenn Thomas King

55y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with Down Syndrome

… syndrome, intellectual disability, asthma, bronchiectasis and recurrent chest infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia. He was treated by his general practitioner on 29 March 2018 for a lower respiratory tract…

general practicerespiratory medicinecefalexin
VIChospital2024-12-13

Finding into death of Kerryn Swift

63y · Female·Community acquired pneumonia with urinary tract infection as a significant contr…

…d NDIS participant with multiple sclerosis residing in specialist disability accommodation died from community-acquired pneumonia with urinary tract infection as a contributing factor. She presented with chest infection …

general practiceemergency medicineantibiotics
VIC2026-03-19

Finding into death of Judith Gail Longhurst

74y · Female·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…cialist Disability Accommodation residence. She had been admitted to hospital in September 2024 with community-acquired pneumonia and picornavirus infection, was discharged with antibiotics, and reviewed by her GP on 4 a…

respiratory medicinegeneral practicesertraline
VIC2025-05-14

Finding into death of Adrian Colin Phillips

58y · Male·Complications of community-acquired pneumonia, in a man with chronic lung diseas…

…l disability and chronic lung disease (emphysema, bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, asthma), died from community-acquired pneumonia caused by MRSA and Rhinovirus. He presented with cold-like symptoms on 30 August, was pres…

general practicerespiratory medicinebromhexine
VIChospital2024-01-18

Finding into death of Melissa Jan Hadland

55y · Female·Pneumonia

…-year-old woman with Down syndrome, congenital heart disease, and intellectual disability, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Box Hill Hospital. She presented with respiratory symptoms and was admitted to the ED w…

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
TASaged care2025-01-14

Coroner's Finding: Rickard-Simms, Adrienne Rosemary

75y · Female·postoperative delirium/exacerbation of community acquired pneumonia following le…

…k of femur fracture requiring hemiarthroplasty. Postoperatively, she developed delirium, sepsis, and community-acquired pneumonia, leading to her death. The coroner found the facility had appropriately assessed falls ris…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
VIChospital2026-02-23

Finding into death of William Thomas Kerby

80y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with multiple medical comorbidities

… disability, epilepsy, and bipolar disorder living in specialist disability accommodation, died from community-acquired pneumonia with pleural effusion and multi-organ failure. He had a documented history of recurrent pn…

emergency medicineinfectious diseases
VIChospital2025-04-30

Finding into death of Anthony Dzaja

44y · Male·Complications following seizure on a background of acquired epilepsy; acquired b…

…mobility loss, requiring increasing levels of care. In his final admission, Anthony developed aspiration pneumonia following a seizure and was transitioned to comfort care measures. The coroner found his death was a pre…

neurologypalliative caremidazolam
SAhospital2015-09-22

Coroner's Finding: HEWLETT Betty Lorraine

92y · Female·community acquired pneumonia on a background of end stage chronic obstructive ai…

Mrs Betty Hewlett, 92, died of community-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage COAD. She was admitted to hospital in late December 2012 with…

psychiatrygeneral medicineprednisolone
VIChospital2017-06-27

Finding into death of Deborah Jane Parker

61y · Female·aspiration pneumonia

…th intellectual disability, wheelchair-bound, and living in supported accommodation died from aspiration pneumonia following community-acquired pneumonia treated in July 2016. She was discharged, then attended her GP th…

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticantibiotics
SAhospital2020-11-03

Coroner's Finding: WHISKEY Louise Kitty

51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia

…iginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was admitted on 23 August 2017 with aspiration pneumonia a…

intensive carepsychiatrysystemnoradrenaline
VIChospital2025-08-20

Finding into death of Arnold Polis

68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…

Arnold Polis, a 68-year-old man with C6 quadriplegia from a 1972 diving accident, died from community-acquired chest infection complicated by heart failure. He had recurrent respiratory and urinary tract infecti…

general medicinepalliative care

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