13 results for “hydromorphone toxicity”
71y · Male·hydromorphone toxicity
71-year-old man with end-stage mesothelioma died from hydromorphone toxicity after receiving 20mg instead of the prescribed 2mg dose in the ED. The overdose was accidenta…
79y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with uri…
Janet Ann Cook, aged 79, died of multi-organ failure complicated by hydromorphone toxicity on 30 September 2015. She was mistakenly administered 16mg hydromorphone intended for another…
88y · Female·combined effects of an overdose of hydromorphone and complications of pneumonia …
…d recent pneumonia following faecal transplant for clostridium difficile colitis was prescribed 0.5 mg hydromorphone subcutaneously for respiratory distress on 24 October 2013. Two nurses unfamiliar with hydromorphone a…
57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…
Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a suicide pact with his terminally ill wife. Mrs Hawkins, diagnosed w…
39y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, mirtazapine, diazepam,…
A 39-year-old woman with chronic pain from a previous work injury died from mixed drug toxicity involving methadone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, diazepam, mirtazapine, and promethazine. Her pain speciali…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
…2018. The cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition, but toxicology revealed mixed drug toxicity including fatal levels of methadone and hydromorphone (prescribed to her grandmother and likely taken fro…
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
A 31-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity involving a lethal combination of fentanyl, ketamine, hydromorphone, morphine, codeine, paracetamol and c…
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Nathan Carl Skewes, age 31, died on 10 June 2012 from mixed drug toxicity involving his deceased wife's powerful palliative medications (fentanyl, ketamine, hydromorphone, morphin…
44y · Female·Unascertained
…per' who obtained opioids from multiple prescribers simultaneously. Two GPs prescribed strong opioids (hydromorphone, oxycodone) without holding required Schedule 8 permits and without consulting the Drugs and Poisons R…
72y · Female·Intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine
A 72-year-old woman with terminal metastatic parotid cancer died from intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine. She was admitted to Ashford Hospital for pain management of pathological pel…
58y · Female·undetermined; possible mixed drug intoxication and/or adrenal insufficiency
…zepam) not prescribed to her, which when combined with other medications increased overdose and serotonin toxicity risk. The coroner found the prescribing regime itself appropriate given her limited medication options, b…
70y · Male·Metastatic melanoma with ischaemic heart disease as a contributing condition
…s in patients with cancer history; careful monitoring for immunotherapy-related complications and cardiac toxicity; and maintaining effective communication between correctional health services and specialist units to avo…
65y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
James Nicholson, aged 65, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a suicide attempt by hanging while an inpatient at Noarlunga Hospital on 18 August 2015. He had undergone extensive facial cancer surgery in …
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