62y · Male·end stage renal failure complicating oxalate crystal nephropathy with contributi…
… due to oxalate crystal nephropathy with contributing head injury. He had complex medical needs including dialysis-dependent kidney failure, schizophrenia, and recent head trauma from falls. After two falls within days i…
45y · Female·methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) endocarditis of the mitral va…
A 45-year-old woman with chronic renal failure requiring dialysis and bipolar disorder died of MRSA endocarditis of the mitral valve. She was detained under a Mental Healt…
32y · Male·Cerebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
Andrew Stubbs, 32, died from cerebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome while receiving intermittent haemodialysis for severe lithium toxicity and acute …
73y · Male·UNASCERTAINED
…ion, chronic renal failure, depression) was found deceased in Port Phillip Bay. He had recently commenced dialysis after years of progressive kidney disease and documented poor medication compliance. He had chronic major…
60y · Male·End stage renal failure
…al Health Act order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had schizophrenia and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, but repeatedly removed his central line (permacath). After a traumatic reinsertion in March 2013 caused …
38y · Female·end stage renal failure (Stage 5 chronic kidney disease)
…a 38-year-old transgender woman with end-stage renal disease, died of natural causes following refusal of dialysis. Her mother claimed the death was suicide prompted by fear of returning to prison following an alleged 20…
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of acute myocardial infarction in a man with…
Laurence Allen, a 66-year-old man with quadraplegia, end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis, and cardiac disease, died of aspiration pneumonia following acute myocardial infarction. He was an inmat…
71y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia and argon gas inhalation
A 71-year-old man with metastatic bladder cancer, chronic renal failure, and recent dialysis initiation deliberately ended his life using argon gas inhalation. Over 12 years of progressive cancer tr…
51y · Male·Exsanguination during home haemodialysis in a man with end stage renal failure
A 51-year-old man with end-stage renal failure died from exsanguination during home haemodialysis. The most likely cause was a procedural error where Mr O'Dwyer connected his dialysis machine's venous li…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
…pair was performed, during which prolonged aortic clamping caused acute renal failure requiring permanent dialysis. Post-operatively, he developed acute pulmonary oedema, atrial fibrillation, and cardiac ischaemia. The p…
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
…-stage renal failure. He had complex comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease and required regular dialysis. During his final 29-day admission, he suffered three falls, the last causing a subdural haematoma. Follo…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
…comorbidities including hypertensive heart disease, atherosclerosis, and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital with severe headache and neck pain. He experienced two falls during…
55y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (r…
…abetes, ischaemic heart disease and COPD died from a spontaneous subdural haematoma while undergoing haemodialysis in prison custody. He presented with headache during dialysis on 10 May 2018 and rapidly deteriorated wit…
68y · Female·Massive blood loss due to disconnection of haemodialysis machine
… Heath, age 68, died from acute blood loss on 7 September 2006 at The Alfred Hospital during routine haemodialysis for end-stage renal failure. The Luer-Lok connection between her arteriovenous catheter and the haemodial…
22y · Male·acute blood loss from incised injuries to left forearm
Simon Smith, a 22-year-old with end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis and complex comorbidities, died by suicide during hospitalization. Despite multiple psychiatric assessmen…
64y · Male·Arteriosclerotic coronary artery and hypertensive heart disease
…ing factor. He had complex medical comorbidities including emphysema, previous myocardial infarction, and dialysis dependence. Critical clinical lessons include: his severe fluid overload and non-compliance with dialysis…
68y · Male·Complications following myocardial infarction and its treatment in a man with mu…
…d to hospital on 30 May 2020 with suspected NSTEMI, he developed acute-on-chronic renal failure requiring dialysis. A VasCath was inserted into the right subclavian artery instead of the vein but was promptly identified …
50y · Male·Head injuries due to motor vehicle accident
…r had high blood levels of codeine and morphine consistent with therapeutic doses accumulating in a renal dialysis patient. While initially suspected as causing a blackout, expert medical evidence concluded codeine toxic…
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…
83y · Male·Unascertained (natural causes)
…, 83-year-old man with intellectual disability and multiple chronic conditions including renal failure on dialysis, was found unresponsive in his bed at a residential care facility. He had been isolating due to COVID-19 …
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