249 results for “dehydration”
0y · Female·dehydration
Olivia Johnson, an 11-month-old Indigenous infant, died of dehydration from acute gastroenteritis in a remote location. She presented to Leigh Creek Medical Clinic with 48 ho…
88y · Female·Acute on chronic renal failure due to dehydration on a background of Lewy body d…
…Parkinson's disease and congestive cardiac failure died from acute kidney injury precipitated by severe dehydration in aged care. June 2020 blood tests showed mild hypernatraemia (sodium 149 mmol/L), a biochemical marke…
0y · Male·dehydration complicating diarrhoea (aetiology unknown)
…tion. Despite appropriate initial care by foster parents and timely hospital presentation, he died from dehydration of unknown aetiology. The coroner found care was appropriate but identified systemic gaps: the Departme…
93y · Female·dehydration with hypernatremia and acute renal failure with metabolic acidosis
Dorothy Ellen Nockolds, a 93-year-old woman with vascular dementia living in aged care, died from dehydration with hypernatremia and acute renal failure. She suffered a transient ischaemic attack on 8 July 2015, f…
54y · Female·COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA
… of dementia including aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to Monash Hospital in September 2020 with dehydration and hyponatraemia secondary to poor oral intake, and left lower lung pneumonia which was treated with a…
13y · Female·cardiac arrest resulting from dehydration
A 13-month-old girl with short bowel syndrome died from cardiac arrest due to severe dehydration. She had been deteriorating with diarrhoea and vomiting on 18 February 2009, prompting nursing staff to…
24y · Male·Environmental exposure in a man with methylamphetamine effect
…th limited water. While his companion successfully reached safety, Deano's severe drug intoxication and dehydration left him unable to use his bushcraft knowledge to seek help despite being only 300 metres from a highwa…
91y · Female·kidney impairment and dehydration following thermal injury to right leg in an el…
…st a hydronic heater beside her bed at an aged care facility. Over six weeks, she developed progressive dehydration and acute kidney injury due to poor oral intake, leading to admission and palliative care. The coroner …
73y · Female·Pneumonia (palliated)
…arch, support staff noted lethargy and called emergency services; she was transported to hospital where dehydration and hypernatremia were identified with radiological evidence of pneumonia. Comfort care was implemented…
1y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents due to recent gastroenteritis and vomiting leadin…
…eritis and vomiting, having lost approximately 700g over 36 hours. Clinical examination showed moderate dehydration with tachycardia, yet she was discharged the same evening after brief observation. The coroner found th…
78y · Female·aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment and…
…onic schizophrenia. She had experienced a swallowing phobia that recurred in September 2014, leading to dehydration and acute kidney injury. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital on a Mental Health Act order and m…
43y · Male·Unascertained - attributed to metabolic/physiological derangement in context of …
…ived promptly, but resuscitation was unsuccessful. Autopsy revealed a perforated chronic gastric ulcer, dehydration, and various drugs including methamphetamine and morphine, but the exact cause of death remained unasce…
72y · Female·environmental heat and cold exposure with severe dehydration
Susan Ann Deuchar, aged 72, died from environmental heat and cold exposure with severe dehydration following a motor vehicle accident on Anthony Road, Tullah, Tasmania on 10 December 2018. She suffered …
62y · Male·Complications of acute renal failure
…uman Services community residential unit. He was admitted to Austin Hospital on 3 June 2010 with severe dehydration, hypernatraemia, and acute renal failure. After initial high-dependency care and ICU consultant review,…
84y · Male·ischaemic heart disease on a background of advanced Lewy body dementia
…pital for management of aggressive behaviour related to his dementia. During his admission he developed dehydration, hyponatraemia, and evidence of myocardial infarction. The coroner found his detention orders were appr…
49y · Female·lobar pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome and progressive dementia
…ysical deterioration from March to September 2013. She presented to hospital with seizures secondary to dehydration and poor oral intake, which had persisted for months. After failing to respond to active therapy includ…
2y · Male·Complications of malnutrition
GFD, a 2-year-old boy, died from complications of malnutrition and dehydration on 3 July 2021. Post-mortem examination revealed severe undernutrition, chronic malnutrition, and signi…
38y · Male·Hallucination, dehydration and exposure, exacerbated by untreated mental illness…
…e was never found. The coroner concluded he died within days to weeks of his disappearance, likely from dehydration, exposure and hallucination, compounded by his loss of will to live due to his cultural beliefs and unt…
33y · Male·Heat stroke (environmental exposure) in a man with methylamphetamine effect
…e environments, delayed missing person reporting (4 days), and the lethal combination of stimulant use, dehydration, and environmental exposure. Earlier welfare checks and rapid response systems might have improved outc…
60y · Female·undetermined; natural causes not excluded (possible paraganglioma infarction, pn…
A 60-year-old woman with depression, recent acute kidney injury from dehydration, and suicidal ideation was discharged from hospital on 27 August 2021 after psychiatric improvement. Sh…
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