20 results for “kyphoscoliosis”
44y · Female·pneumonia complicating epilepsy in a woman with microcephaly
Mary Welsh, aged 44, with intellectual impairment, microcephaly, severe kyphoscoliosis and epilepsy was admitted with upper respiratory symptoms and treated for presumed pneumonia. She deve…
38y · Male·End-stage respiratory failure secondary to kyphoscoliosis
Robert Edward Curry, a 38-year-old man with profound intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, severe kyphoscoliosis, and chronic respiratory compromise died from end-stage respiratory failure. A medication administrati…
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
…man with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumonia following a one-month hospital admission. She experienced recurrent aspi…
39y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…ual disability who resided in Colanda Residential Services. He had chronic conditions including severe kyphoscoliosis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, and was dependent on PEG feeding. Over three months, he experienced multiple …
15y · Male·bronchopneumonia secondary to chronic chest dysmorphology caused by congenital b…
…n Wurramarrba was a 15-year-old severely disabled boy with cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, kyphoscoliosis, epilepsy, and chronic chest anatomical distortion who died from bronchopneumonia. He was in state gua…
63y · Female·Natural causes unascertained; probable aspiration pneumonia with large pericardi…
Catherine Stephen, a 63-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, epilepsy, and kyphoscoliosis, died from natural causes unascertained at a hospice following palliative care. She had been admitted …
69y · Male·Septic arthritis of the knee
Frank Hall-Bentick, a 69-year-old man with severe muscular dystrophy and restrictive lung disease dependent on 24-hour BiPAP, presented to Austin Hospital with septic arthritis of the right knee and septic shock. A multi…
59y · Female·Diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents during …
Janine Hunn, a 59-year-old woman with Angelman syndrome, severe intellectual disability, kyphoscoliosis, and a history of epilepsy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from hypoxic brain injury followin…
31y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability and epilepsy (palliat…
Cameron James Stewart, a 31-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia at Maroondah Hospital. Following a COVID-19 infection in December 2023, …
5y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with terminal palliative care, in a male child with complex…
A 5-year-old boy with severe congenital myopathy and arthrogryposis died from aspiration pneumonia following terminal palliative care. He had multiple complex medical needs including unsafe swallowing, recurrent respirat…
65y · Female·bowel cancer
Gillian Patricia Johnston, aged 65, died from bowel cancer at her home in Wangaratta on 27 December 2020. She was residing in disability support accommodation provided by Scope Australia. Ms Johnston had received appropr…
64y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following insertion of a jejunostomy tube
Ronald Brockel, a 64-year-old with cerebral palsy, oropharyngeal dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, underwent insertion of a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) on 23 December 2004 to bypass his stomach and improv…
33y · Male·Ventricular arrhythmia associated with cardiomegaly
Blake Edwards, a 33-year-old man with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome and cardiomegaly, died suddenly from ventricular arrhythmia while in respite care. He became unresponsive approximately 30 minutes after being given yogh…
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
David Orton, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacolon and Salmonella infecti…
43y · Male·Pneumonia and severe epilepsy, with renal cell cancer as a contributing factor
Jason Paul was a 43-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia and severe epilepsy who resided in a Department of Human Services facility. He had progressive renal failure requiring multip…
50y · Male·Complications of urosepsis in the setting of T3/4 paraplegia
George Mavraganis, a 50-year-old man with T3/4 paraplegia from a childhood injury, was residing in supported accommodation. He had a chronic indwelling urinary catheter with recurrent infections. On 24 August 2015, his l…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel volvulus in a man with chronic dys…
Andrew John Martin, aged 57 with cerebral palsy and chronic dysphagia, was admitted with large bowel volvulus managed conservatively per advance directives. After clinical improvement, he was transferred to palliative ca…
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…
43y · Female·Complications of obesity including cardiomegaly
Katrina Jane Cervasio, a 43-year-old woman with intellectual disability, obesity, sleep apnoea, and cerebral palsy, died from complications of obesity including cardiomegaly while living in a disability services group ho…
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
Michael Young, 67, died from pressure ulcer complications following a spinal injury sustained during a CT scan on 3 January 2023. He had fallen from his wheelchair at home and presented to ED with hypotension and back pa…
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