13 results for “hypoglycaemia”
66y · Male·unascertained
A 66-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and severe hypoglycaemia unawareness died on 20 June 2013, the day after commencing a Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump. He was f…
82y · Female·Complications from hypoglycaemic brain damage and cerebral vascular accident
…hnston, 82-year-old admitted for UTI and confusion, was found comatose on 4 September 2006 with severe hypoglycaemia (glucose 0.8 mmol/L) despite being non-diabetic. Blood tests revealed high insulin and low c-peptide l…
57y · Female·Head and chest injuries due to motor vehicle collision (driver)
A 57-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes died in a motor vehicle collision caused by hypoglycaemia while driving. Her insulin pump data showed 16 hypoglycaemic events in the preceding month, with multi…
31y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury caused by the exogenous administration of insulin, resultin…
Jesse Drabsch, 31, died from hypoglycaemia after self-injecting insulin in a gym bathroom. A competitive bodybuilder using performance and image …
3y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hypoglycaemia with shock and statu…
A 3-year-old boy with septo-optic dysplasia and panhypopituitarism died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to adrenal crisis and hypoglycaemic shock. He was in state care and had an emergency management plan…
7y · Female·Multiple abdominal injuries including traumatic rupture of the liver and stomach…
…ycemia at the time of the accident. Key clinical lessons include: (1) insulin-dependent diabetics with hypoglycaemia unawareness are at severe risk of sudden unconsciousness while driving; (2) medical practitioners have…
89y · Male·Complications in association with a gastrointestinal illness in an elderly man w…
Raymond Sydney Cheek, an 89-year-old prisoner with multiple comorbidities including insulin-dependent diabetes, died from complications of gastrointestinal illness with acute renal failure. While medical care at Casuarin…
Female·Stacey Meas: severe closed head injury from motor vehicle collision. Courtney Me…
Two deaths resulted from a motor vehicle collision caused by a driver with poorly managed insulin-dependent diabetes. Stacey Meas, a pregnant woman, died from head injuries sustained when the driver's car struck hers at …
64y · Female·head injury sustained in a single motor vehicle accident
Mrs Alyson Margaret Mellor, aged 64, died from a head injury sustained in a single-vehicle motor accident on 30 April 2022. She had type 1 diabetes managed with an insulin pump, and on the day of the accident her husband…
16y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of diabetic ketoacidosis
A 16-year-old with Type 1 Diabetes died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) precipitated by acute gastroenteritis acquired while on a school trip to Vietnam. Despite reporting vomiting at 8am on 26 September 2019, Lachlan w…
29y · Female·multi-lobe community acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure
Clare Louise Harrison, a 29-year-old woman with long-standing anorexia nervosa diagnosed at age 17, died from community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure after a final 21-day admission to Alice Springs Hospital.…
58y · Female·Complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
Ms Kathleen Earl, aged 58, died from complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in June 2022. She had an intellectual disability and received support from IHCS (Individual Support Worker) since 2005. Critical def…
29y · Male·Ketoacidosis as a consequence of diabetes mellitus (Type 1)
Steven Thelander, aged 29, died from ketoacidosis due to poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes while in residential disability support care at Multicap. He had cerebral palsy with severe intellectual impairment and epilepsy …
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