Coronial

55 results for community_acquired_pneumonia

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 attempt. He presented with a sternal fracture and pneumonia, and was…

psychiatrygeneral medicine
VIChome2026-06-03

Finding into death of Tracy Louise Walford

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

Tracy Louise Walford, age 53, with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, lived in Specialist Disability Accommodation. Over six to seven weeks prior to death, carers observed behavi…

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
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 was…

general practicerespiratory medicinechlorpromazine
NSWhospital2020-02-04

Into the death of Neville Raymond Towner

52y · Male·Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Neville Towner, a 52-year-old man 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 …

respiratory medicineintensive caremethylprednisolone
VIChospital2024-12-13

Finding into death of Kerryn Swift

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

A 63-year-old 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 ches…

general practiceemergency medicineantibiotics
VIChospital2025-08-22

Finding into death of Melanie Ranken

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

Melanie Ranken, a 33-year-old woman with acquired brain injury from a 2017 motor vehicle accident and post-traumatic epilepsy, died from respiratory sepsis secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. She was admitted to B…

respiratory medicineinfectious diseases
VIChospital2019-07-17

Finding into death of Glenn Thomas King

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 his general practitioner …

general practicerespiratory medicinecefalexin
VICaged care2026-04-28

Finding into death of Graham Peter Moore

61y · Male·Pneumonia complicating Trisomy 21

Graham Peter Moore, a 61-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, w…

respiratory medicineinfectious diseases
VIC2026-03-19

Finding into death of Judith Gail Longhurst

74y · Female·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Judith Gail Longhurst, a 74-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and multiple comorbidities, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on 23 October 2024 at her Specialist Disability Accommodation re…

respiratory medicinegeneral practicesertraline
TASaged care2025-01-14

Coroner's Finding: Rickard-Simms, Adrienne Rosemary

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

A 75-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease, anemia, and significant mobility impairment fell in her aged care facility despite documented high falls risk and appropriate preventive measures. She sustained a neck of …

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
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 health deterioration and malnutrition (38kg). She developed acute psy…

psychiatrygeneral medicineprednisolone
VIC2025-05-14

Finding into death of Adrian Colin Phillips

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 caused by MRSA and Rhinovirus. He prese…

general practicerespiratory medicinebromhexine
VIChospital2024-01-18

Finding into death of Melissa Jan Hadland

55y · Female·Pneumonia

Melissa Jan Hadland, a 55-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…

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
VIC2013-08-20

Finding into death of PETER MALLIA

47y · Male·Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia; Aspiration; Critical Care Neuropathy; Cereb…

Peter Mallia, a 47-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died of severe community-acquired pneumonia, aspiration, and critical care neuropathy on 31 July 2011, while in intensive care at Northern …

general practicespeech pathologydiazepam
VIChospital2025-12-01

Finding into death of Larelle Sheridan Dean

51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…

A 51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. She presented with abdomi…

general medicineemergency medicinehydromorphone
VIChospital2025-04-01

Finding into death of ZSQ

81y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with acute on chronic renal failure

An 81-year-old man with chronic respiratory disease and renal failure died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chronic renal failure. He presented to hospital on 25 April 2023 with respiratory failu…

intensive carerespiratory medicinediagnosticdelayadrenaline
SAhospital2020-11-03

Coroner's Finding: WHISKEY Louise Kitty

51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia

Louise Kitty Whiskey, a 51-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was admitted on 23…

intensive carepsychiatrysystemnoradrenaline
VIChospital2026-02-23

Finding into death of William Thomas Kerby

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

William Thomas Kerby, an 80-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and bipolar disorder living in specialist disability accommodation, died from community-acquired pneumonia with pleural effusion and multi-…

emergency medicineinfectious diseases
TAShospital2023-02-20

Coroner's Finding: de-identified RI

68y · Male·community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of advanced centriacinar emphysema, al…

A 68-year-old man died of community-acquired pneumonia complicated by asplenia (absent splenic function), chronic liver disease from alcohol misuse, and severe malnutrition. He presented with syncopal episodes, cachexia,…

general medicinegeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationparacetamol
VIChospital2017-06-27

Finding into death of Deborah Jane Parker

61y · Female·aspiration pneumonia

A 61-year-old woman with intellectual disability, wheelchair-bound, and living in supported accommodation died from aspiration pneumonia following community-acquired pneumonia treated in July 2016. She was discharged, th…

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticantibiotics

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