45y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to coronary artery disease, severe psychosis requir…
…ery disease, and obesity, died from cardiorespiratory arrest triggered by antipsychotic-induced laryngeal dystonia. Admitted involuntarily for acute psychotic relapse, he experienced respiratory distress from laryngeal-l…
62y · Male·multiple co-morbidities including dementia, Parkinson's disease, undernourishmen…
…pital on 3 May 2014 with multiple comorbidities including early-onset dementia, Parkinson's disease, neck dystonia (torticollis), and undernourishment. He presented to ED with inability to eat or lift his head. During ac…
41y · Female·Neck compression and hanging
…anielle Thomson, a 41-year-old woman with complex medical and mental health conditions including cervical dystonia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, and alcohol use disorder, died by suici…
31y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability and epilepsy (palliat…
Cameron James Stewart, a 31-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia at Maroondah Hospital. Following a COVID-19 infection in December 2023, …
45y · Male·Natural causes - cardiac arrest, most likely secondary to severe tardive dyskine…
Mark Andrew Burnside, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic mental illness, died of natural causes on 7 November 2001 at Royal Perth Hospital. He had been prescribed thioridazine (Mellaril) for appro…
50y · Male·Advanced Parkinson's disease
…tal after admission for palliative care management of progressive fatigue, reduced oral intake, pain from dystonias/rigidity, and ongoing seizures. He had been residing in Specialist Disability Accommodation under NDIS f…
53y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy
Donna Michelle Corlett, a 53-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability residing in supported accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had been receiving palliative care following terminal d…
61y · Male·Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Christopher Raymond Hausler, a 61-year-old man, died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 March 2018 while subject to a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He presented with rapidly pr…
18y · Female·asphyxiation and respiratory failure on a background of severe dystonic quadripl…
Madeline Duffy, 18 years old with severe dystonic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, died from asphyxiation and respiratory failure while in respite care. She was positioned on her side in bed with pillows, contrary to her usu…
25y · Male·positional asphyxia in a man with extensive old hypoxic brain damage, acute ches…
Corey Paddy, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man with severe hypoxic brain injury from a 1998 car accident, died at Katherine Hospital from positional asphyxia while receiving concurrent morphine therapy and suffering from acut…
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