69y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to secondary haemochromatosis (transfusion-associated…
…rs Vicki Dow, 69, died from multiple organ failure secondary to iron overload (transfusion-associated haemochromatosis) from treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome. She had declined iron chelation therapy for 19 months de…
36y · Female·Excited delirium
… of post-traumatic stress related to childhood sexual abuse, hepatitis C treated with interferon, and haemochromatosis. On the evening of death, she became increasingly agitated and aggressive, displaying paranoid though…
58y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision with train (pedestrian)
Elaine Sykes, aged 58, was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with acute renal failure and severe mental health deterioration. After 47 days at Acacia Mental Health Unit, she demonstrated substantial improvement and was disc…
59y · Female·Sepsis in a woman with epilepsy, cerebral palsy and haemochromatosis
A 59-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability died of sepsis from a urinary tract infection (urosepsis) caused by E. coli and Proteus mirabilis. She had four hospital presentations in the…
58y · Male·Pneumonia and urosepsis in a man with multiple comorbidities including Down synd…
Alan James Drake, 58-year-old man with Down syndrome and multiple comorbidities, died of pneumonia and urosepsis. He presented to his GP on 16 July with suspected urinary tract infection, treated with oral antibiotics as…
70y · Male·The combined effects of the complications of ventilation associated pneumonia, a…
Ronald Reeves, a 70-year-old man on remand at Goulburn Correction Centre, was found unconscious on 22 April 2019 and transferred to Canberra Hospital where he died on 17 May 2019. The cause of death was complications of …
43y · Male·Dislocation of the larynx due to or as a consequence of a quad bike accident
Gregory Hoare, a 43-year-old experienced quad bike operator, died after riding his quad bike directly into a barbed wire gate on a cattle property. He suffered a laryngeal dislocation from blunt trauma to the neck, causi…
68y · Female·Cardiomyopathy with atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and alcohol int…
Margaret Brown, a 68-year-old woman with significant cardiac disease (cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension) and chronic alcohol abuse, died at home from cardiomyopathy with alcohol intoxication as …
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