10 results for “hypoventilation syndrome”
26y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with Prader-Willi syndrome
…Knight, aged 26, died from cardiomegaly with right ventricular hypertrophy in the context of Prader-Willi syndrome and severe obesity. He had a complex medical history including obesity hypoventilation syndrome, type 2 r…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia, COPD, hypoventilation syndrome, obesity and cardiomegaly died suddenly on a psychiatric inpatient unit from a cardiac arrhy…
48y · Male·unascertained
… 2018 while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He had untreated obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome diagnosed shortly before admission. During his psychiatric admission, he remained non-compli…
44y · Male·unascertained
Matthew Benjamin Holding, aged 44, died suddenly in prison on 2 January 2023. He had schizophrenia managed with antipsychotics and severe obesity (BMI 41.6). In December 2022, he showed signs of significant deterioration…
3y · Female·bronchopneumonia in an infant with obstructive sleep apnoea
A 3-year-old Aboriginal girl died from bronchopneumonia complicated by severe obstructive sleep apnoea. She had rapid-onset childhood obesity (36 kg at death; normal weight 14-16 kg) with multiple cardiopulmonary complic…
45y · Female·Type 2 respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage…
Leonie Jeisman, a 45-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), schizoaffective disorder, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from Type 2 respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia. She w…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
Linda Snadden, a 62-year-old woman with cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal…
29y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest of undetermined cause
A 29-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (Turner syndrome, type 1 diabetes, end-stage renal disease) presented to the ED in acute behavioural disturbance, requirin…
38y · Male·acute cardiac arrhythmia in a man with cardiomegaly, focal coronary atherosclero…
Russell Brockliss, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man with severe treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder and significant cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, smoking, focal coronary atherosclerosis), died from acute car…
61y · Female·Diffuse alveolar damage in a woman with restrictive lung disease following catar…
A 61-year-old woman with severe restrictive lung disease, obesity, cardiac failure, and diabetes underwent cataract surgery at a private day surgery centre on 13 August 2018. She was unable to lie flat and became hypoxic…
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