158 results for “dysphagia risk”
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on food. A spee…
57y · Female·Sepsis in the setting of probable aspiration pneumonia
A 57-year-old woman with Down syndrome, blindness, severe dysphagia, dementia, and epilepsy died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. She lived in a Department of…
54y · Female·Complications of progressive dysphagia in a woman with Down syndrome and dementi…
…lona Doolan, a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome and dementia, died from complications of progressive dysphagia. She was admitted to Western Hospital with difficulty swallowing and poor oral intake. A multidisciplina…
81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia
An 81-year-old woman with severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia from previous stroke died of aspiration pneumonia after vomiting while sleeping fol…
64y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Raymond Dempster, a 64-year-old man with severe Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and dysphagia, died of pneumonia following aspiration. He had experienced recurrent aspiration pneumonia episodes over…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich b…
85y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in a man with multiple spinal fractures an…
Allen William Harold Davies, 85, died of aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in the setting of multiple spinal fractures and dementia. He had collapsed at a hotel on 12 June 2019, w…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus in a man with Down syndrome
A 73-year-old man with Down syndrome and a history of dysphagia with recurrent aspiration pneumonia presented with drowsiness, shortness of breath, and was found to hav…
58y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
…ome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a three-week history of worsening dysphagia and anorexia. She presented to hospital with suspected aspiration, was initially treated with antibiotic…
36y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy
Troy Downey, a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe dysphagia managed via PEG tube, died from bilateral pneumonia. He developed a cough on 26 January 2017, examined b…
71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability
A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with m…
90y · Female·Choking
A 90-year-old woman with dysphagia died from choking after consuming thin fluid (coffee) against medical recommendation. She had been revie…
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition, with contributing factors of dysphagia an…
Janet Cumming, aged 89, died from aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition due to dysphagia and cerebral palsy. She had lived in supported disability accommodation for over 20 years and required 2…
69y · Male·Complications of Downs syndrome and dementia (palliated)
…n. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, severe dysphagia, and aspiration risk. Following hospital admission in September 2018 for declining health and a prolonge…
47y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome
…ies, died from aspiration pneumonia after a chronic decline in swallowing function. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia since 2007 and Alzheimer's disease, with documented choking incidents in 2017. A speech pathologist reco…
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…alsy and epilepsy living in high care accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had longstanding dysphagia related to his cerebral palsy, which had caused multiple previous episodes of aspiration pneumonia. On 7…
39y · Female·aspiration pneumonia in the setting of general anaesthesia and colonoscopy for i…
A 39-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and sleep apnoea died from aspiration pneumonia following a colonoscopy performed under sedation for in…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative care in ho…
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
Patrick Barry, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, severe dysphagia, and metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurre…
64y · Male·Aspiration event obstruction in a man with oropharyngeal dysphagia and Parkinson…
…is, a 64-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration obstruction following a witnessed choking episode while eating. He presented to th…
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