35 results for “depression”
29y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity
Shane John Robinson, a 29-year-old prisoner with complex medical conditions including Crohn's disease, pulmonary embolism, anaemia and schizoaffective disorder, died from multiple drug toxicity in prison. He had been pre…
15y · Male·Gastric perforation with early peritonitis; Acute gastric distension and chronic…
HM, a 15-year-old boy with suspected autism spectrum disorder and depression, died from spontaneous gastric perforation with early peritonitis secondary to acute gastric distension.…
75y · Male·Effects of fire
Mr B, aged 75, killed his wife Mrs A by striking her to the head and asphyxiating her with a ligature, then set their house on fire resulting in his own death. Evidence indicates Mr B was experiencing undiagnosed mental …
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
…following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and chronic bowel dysmotility. Admitted July 2024 with abdominal distension, she underwent flexible sig…
58y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision with train (pedestrian)
Elaine Sykes, aged 58, was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with acute renal failure and severe mental health deterioration. After 47 days at Acacia Mental Health Unit, she demonstrated substantial improvement and was disc…
55y · Male·Ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
…thiasis following recurrent biliary sepsis. He had multiple comorbidities including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and cardiac dysfunction, and was a specialist disability accommodation resident. He was admitted to ICU…
17y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
…tient care. He had complex medical needs including chronic back pain, spinal fusion, post-viral fatigue, depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) recognition that suicide can be i…
47y · Male·Multi organ failure and sepsis complicating ulcerating colitis and intestinal ob…
…th extensive medical comorbidities including hepatitis C, obesity, chronic pain requiring methadone, and depression, fell from his bed in prison and sustained a right hip fracture. He underwent successful total hip repla…
25y · Female·multiple injuries
A 25-year-old woman with newly diagnosed metastatic gastro-oesophageal cancer and depression died by suicide on hospital grounds. She was admitted on 30 January 2021 after imaging showed cancer pro…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 55-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, previous multiple abdominal surgeries, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including DID, and suicidal ideation died from multiple dru…
56y · Male·Complications of clostridium difficile and malnutrition in the setting of cerebr…
Mr C was a 56-year-old man with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury who died from complications of Clostridioides difficile infection and malnutrition. He was admitted to hospital on 21 January 2022 with diarrhoea, …
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
Valerie Caithness, a 54-year-old with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia following an aspiration event during a colonoscopy performe…
29y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating acute and chronic Wernicke's encephalopathy an…
…with prolonged refusal to eat and drink from December 2004, initially attributed to psychiatric illness (depression/catatonia) rather than organic causes. An endoscopy showed Helicobacter pylori infection but this findin…
65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ralph James McCracken, aged 65, died from complications of end-stage COPD following a complex hospital admission. He presented with acute limb ischaemia requiring femoral embolectomy, subsequently developed compartment s…
41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…
A 41-year-old man with newly diagnosed severe Crohn's colitis was prescribed 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) after only 5 days of hospital treatment. He had a homozygous TPMT gene deficiency (present in ~0.3% of population) that…
67y · Female·perforated gastric ulcer; morphine toxicity also made a significant contribution
Mrs Lillian Shaw, a 67-year-old obese woman with a history of NSAID use, presented with vomiting and abdominal pain over 36 hours. A GP visited three times without performing adequate physical examination, failed to insp…
69y · Female·Complications of a probable bowel malignancy
A 69-year-old woman with schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities died from complications of probable bowel malignancy. In October 2014, regional lymphadenopathy and bowel thickening were identi…
20y · Female·multi-organ failure due to polypharmacy overdose
A 20-year-old woman with depression and borderline personality disorder died from multi-organ failure following a large polypharmacy overdos…
53y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to faecal impactio…
Angela Kettyle, a 53-year-old NDIS participant with significant comorbidities including Type II diabetes, cirrhosis, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to fa…
68y · Male·Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and …
John Martin Heywood, a 68-year-old prisoner, died of natural causes (arrhythmia precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and phaeochromocytoma) while in custody at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had been…
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