47 results for “electroconvulsive therapy”
78y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy on a background of e…
Marie Joyce Soltys, aged 78, died from aspiration pneumonia following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms in the context of end-stage Lewy Body demen…
92y · Female·acute myocardial infarction
…eart attack. She was under a Mental Health Act detention order for depression and suicidal ideation. Electroconvulsive therapy had been administered the previous day with appropriate anaesthetic clearance. The coroner f…
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
…atonia. Despite appropriate medical management including antipsychotic medications, benzodiazepines, electroconvulsive therapy, nasogastric feeding, and a Mental Health Act treatment order, her condition proved resistan…
79y · Male·multi-organ failure due to voluntary starvation on a background of severe depres…
…od refusal. Despite appropriate medical and psychiatric interventions including nasogastric feeding, electroconvulsive therapy, and intensive supportive care, he continued refusing oral intake. His condition deteriorate…
62y · Female·Unascertained
…ate and poor oral intake. During her 7-week acute aged psychiatry admission, she received unilateral electroconvulsive therapy and antipsychotic medications. She was found unresponsive at 7:30am after being given olanza…
73y · Female·pulmonary embolus
…cluding intubation, ventilation, and haemodialysis, she showed minimal improvement in consciousness. Electroconvulsive therapy was administered for suspected depression with catatonia. The coroner found her medical care…
73y · Female·UNASCERTAINED
…sychiatric Centre on 6 September 1996 while an involuntary patient. She had been informed of planned electroconvulsive therapy and left the non-locked psychiatric unit. Despite extensive police search efforts involving …
70y · Female·end stage dementia
…al disturbances related to Alzheimer's dementia. At RGH, she received antipsychotics, sedatives, and electroconvulsive therapy (15 sessions) without clear benefit. Her high benzodiazepine tolerance from previous alcohol…
52y · Male·Unascertained causes; likely drowning in the Latrobe River
…es suggesting possible suicidal ideation (including being found wet near the river). He had received electroconvulsive therapy at a mental hospital. On the evening of his disappearance, his car was found parked on a dir…
89y · Female·aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure complicating major depression with…
…oedema, diabetes and Parkinsonism, died from aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She had dysphagia secondary to Parkinsonism and catatonia. After ECT on 16 May 2018, …
91y · Female·Unascertained
…-old admitted with head strike from fall, developed moderate depression during her stay and received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a compulsory patient. On 5 March 2015, she developed epigastric and chest pain in t…
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of psy…
Hilda Berg, 89-year-old woman with depression, psychosis, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, deteriorated in hospital with refusal to eat or drink due to psychotic beliefs. After initial con…
90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating community acquired pneumonia
A 90-year-old man died of aspiration pneumonia complicating community-acquired pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act following a suicide attempt. He presented with a sternal fracture and pneumonia, and was…
44y · Male·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a semi-trailer as a result of suicide
A 44-year-old man with chronic bipolar disorder and severe depression died by suicide while detained under the Mental Health Act at a psychiatric hospital. He was hit by a semi-trailer after absconding from an open ward.…
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
…n weekend leave from psychiatric care. He had been hospitalised four times in 2021 and was receiving electroconvulsive therapy. On discharge morning, he disclosed suicidal thoughts to his psychiatrist but was offered we…
79y · Female·acute myocardial infarction and acute pulmonary oedema
A 79-year-old woman with stroke and cardiac history was admitted for rehabilitation but developed treatment-resistant depression. Despite comprehensive multidisciplinary management including medication trials (mirtazapin…
39y · Male·Complications arising from widely disseminated primary pulmonary small cell carc…
A 39-year-old male inmate died from complications of widely disseminated small cell lung cancer with hepatitis C cirrhosis. He presented with acute psychosis and catatonia in December 2018, receiving appropriate psychiat…
59y · Female·Toxicity to quetiapine
59-year-old woman with long-standing psychiatric illness, chronic suicidal ideation, and dependent personality disorder was admitted involuntarily to a low-dependency psychiatric ward after expressing suicidal intent. Fo…
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating catatonia and depression in the setting of met…
Patricia Russell, a 76-year-old woman with metastatic bladder cancer, catatonia, and severe depression, died from aspiration pneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital. She was a compulsory patient under the Mental Health Act af…
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, benzodiazepine and others)
…y and illicit drug use, and had recently been discharged from psychiatric hospital where he received electroconvulsive therapy. Within days of discharge, he resumed using drugs (heroin, ice, marijuana). His GP prescribe…
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