89 results for “food aspiration”
56y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus
…y Delcus, a 56-year-old man with autism, intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder, died from aspiration of a food bolus while eating lunch in a park. He was receiving supported living services through Aruma u…
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 brought by his wife during a supervised hospital meal. He had been…
75y · Female·Aspiration of food in a woman with dementia
A 75-year-old woman with advanced dementia died from aspiration of food in an aged care facility. Despite being on a thickened diet and requiring full supervision due t…
43y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus
FVH, aged 43, died from aspiration of a food bolus while dining at a restaurant on 1 November 2025. FVH had Astrom Syndrome, a lifelong con…
45y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus, with cerebral palsy as contributing factor
Stuart Wills, a 45-year-old man with cerebral palsy and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration of a food bolus while receiving meal assistance at a supported accommodation facility. Prior to his deat…
42y · Female·Choking on a food bolus
…a Frijlink, aged 42 years with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder, died from choking on a food bolus during a supervised mealtime excursion. She was under the care of a support worker at a shared accomm…
67y · Female·choking and ischaemic heart disease
… comorbidities including COPD and sleep apnoea. While eating breakfast on day 3 of admission, she aspirated food material that lodged in her right main bronchus. Staff responded promptly to her gurgling sounds and attemp…
57y · Male·Complications following food aspiration in a man with multiple co-morbidities
…an with intellectual disability, dysphagia, autism, epilepsy and pica, died from complications following aspiration of chicken schnitzel while living in supported disability accommodation. He had a documented mealtime ma…
79y · Male·acute aspiration of food on a background of Alzheimer's dementia
John Murray Leditschke, aged 79 with Alzheimer's dementia, died from acute aspiration of food while eating in hospital. He was admitted to Lyell McEwin Hospital on 22 March 2023 with low oxy…
33y · Male·Aspiration due to alcoholic intoxication; coronary atherosclerosis contributed
Adam Anthony Fernandez, aged 33, died from aspiration of food contents while acutely intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.276%) following police attendance at his hom…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
Anna Maria Cameron, a 65-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration choking while eating on a psychiatric ward. She had been recently transferred to a rehabilitation unit f…
56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest
…ce, 2012 elsewhere; finding date is 21 September 2012) while on a group outing. He had a seizure, aspirated food matter, and became unresponsive. Autopsy revealed multiple contributing cardiac and respiratory pathology: …
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
…autism, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following airway obstruction by food bolus. He choked on toast at breakfast despite direct supervision and prior speech pathology assessment rec…
50y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia post episode of choking
…ia requiring modified diet. He died on 25 June 2009 from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia following aspiration of a sausage roll on 23 June 2009. The coroner found his meal was delivered to his room by an unknown st…
64y · Male·Unascertained natural causes
…ould not be resuscitated despite prompt CPR. Autopsy revealed no significant natural disease, though likely food aspiration was noted. The cause of death was determined to be unascertained natural causes, possibly cardia…
42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…
…y potential. Treatment was withdrawn on 4 August 2010. The coroner found she died from complications of the food bolus obstruction.
90y · Male·Complications following aspiration of food
Donald Walter Thoms, 90 years old with intellectual disability and high aspiration risk, died from complications following aspiration of food while in specialist disability residential ca…
49y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Louise Hayes, a 49-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Kilmore & District Hospital. She had experienced deteriorating health in 2020 with increase…
48y · Female·Hypoxic/Ischaemic Encephalopathy; Aspiration of Food with Respiratory Arrest wit…
…oxic-ischaemic encephalopathy on 16 May 2018. She had documented swallowing difficulties requiring modified food consistency and supervision during meals. On the morning of the incident, a single staff member was supervi…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
…m hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute upper airway obstruction from a food bolus. During a community outing, despite having a detailed Mealtime Management Plan requiring close superv…
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