34 results for “electroconvulsive treatment”
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…
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
…ra Shields, aged 63, died of sepsis and pneumonia secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer in the context of treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia. She was admitted to Launceston General Hospital in February 2019 with…
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…
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…
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, …
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…
70y · Female·end stage dementia
… of natural causes at Repatriation General Hospital on 17 June 2017 while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order. She had been admitted following a suicide attempt with a knife at home in February 2017. Initiall…
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…
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 (mi…
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…
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…
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation died by hanging while on weekend leave from psychia…
39y · Male·Complications arising from widely disseminated primary pulmonary small cell carc…
…ing ECT. During subsequent mental health admissions, he declined offers of hepatitis C investigation and treatment. The cancer presented atypically without classic signs until rapid decompensation with multi-organ failu…
59y · Female·Toxicity to quetiapine
…itted involuntarily to a low-dependency psychiatric ward after expressing suicidal intent. Following ECT treatment, she absconded from an unlocked ward on 20 January 2011 and died from quetiapine toxicity at a hotel. Th…
44y · Male·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a semi-trailer as a result of suicide
…hiatric hospital. He was hit by a semi-trailer after absconding from an open ward. The coroner found his treatment was appropriate and that staff could not reasonably have prevented his departure. He was receiving mood …
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…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
A 57-year-old man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in …
23y · Female·unascertained
Olivia Gilfillan, aged 23, died between 1–5 February 2018 after nine years of psychiatric treatment for anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personalit…
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…
41y · Female·undetermined in a woman with schizophrenia
…hrenia and schizoaffective disorder, died unexpectedly in a community care facility while on a Community Treatment Order. Despite comprehensive autopsy and toxicology investigations, the cause of death remained undeterm…
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