36y · Male·Cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion
A 36-year-old man died from cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion. He had injected methylamphetamine and subsequently engaged in int…
60y · Male·Complications of chronic lung disease (emphysema, foreign body giant cell reacti…
…rtension died at home. He had a history of heavy smoking, chronic back pain treated with morphine, alcohol abuse, and hepatic cirrhosis. Post-mortem examination revealed marked emphysema, evidence of intravenous drug ab…
45y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
Dr JR, a 45-year-old anaesthetist, died from mixed drug toxicity after self-administering intravenous propofol and alfentanil at home. He had access to anaesthetic…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with…
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following injection of crushed Xanax table…
43y · Male·acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) complicating foreign body (microcrysta…
… male died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by pulmonary granulomas resulting from intravenous injection of crushed methylphenidate (Ritalin) tablets. The microcrystalline cellulose binder in pharma…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissi…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
…ental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morphine capsules). He had a long history of polysubstance abuse, encephalitis from age 15, and was enrolled in a methadone program. The death occurred while he was under …
27y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamin…
A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamine to…
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
Constance Burrett, 38, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine overdose) causing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and cardiorespira…
23y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 23-year-old male with drug-induced psychosis died by hanging. He had a long history of substance abuse and behavioural problems, with …
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
…nt Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracet…
50y · Male·methadone and alprazolam intoxication
… becoming heavily intoxicated. Police records from 2009-2011 indicated possible medication distribution and drug misuse, but this information was not shared with his GP or the Pharmaceutical Services Branch. The coroner …
34y · Male·heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis
…om heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of drug abuse in prison despite drug management plans and rehabilitation programs. He injected heroin in his cell a…
46y · Female·acute mixed drug toxicity due to accidental self-administered drug overdose
Dr V., an obstetrician-gynaecologist trainee, died from acute mixed drug toxicity on 18 January 2013 following self-administration of multiple anaesthetic drugs (propofol, midazola…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
…ite, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug and Alcoho…
30y · Female·Fentanyl overdose caused by self-administration of intravenous Fentanyl
…wman, a 30-year-old registered nurse in the Critical Care Ward at Toowoomba Base Hospital, died from an intravenous Fentanyl overdose on 21 December 2013. Autopsy findings of crystalline granulomas in the lungs indicate…
59y · Male·Chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection with c…
…ng imprisonment was appropriate. His death resulted from terminal illness arising from lifelong alcohol and drug abuse rather than any failure in medical management.
51y · Female·toxicity to heroin
Terri Elizabeth Musgrave, a 51-year-old with long-term illicit drug use and prescription medication addiction, died from heroin toxicity. She was involved in a domestic violen…
50y · Female·septicaemia
Julie Anne Bramble, a 50-year-old woman with alcohol dependence and recent drug use, died from septicaemia on 1 April 2011 at her home in Bundaberg. Over 4-5 days prior to death, she deve…
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