9 results for “medication intolerance”
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top
Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at the Roundhouse in Fremantle on 27 February 2004. He was an i…
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
…noted in final days), and enhanced environmental control measures. Toxicology showed non-compliance with medications despite involuntary status, highlighting adherence challenges in managing treatment-resistant psychosis…
62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …
…. She had been on escitalopram (SSRI) for depression and was admitted after refusing depot antipsychotic medication. Critical clinical lessons: (1) SSRIs can cause hyponatremia, particularly in older women and those with…
58y · Female·undetermined; possible mixed drug intoxication and/or adrenal insufficiency
…dditional CNS depressants (citalopram, nitrazepam) not prescribed to her, which when combined with other medications increased overdose and serotonin toxicity risk. The coroner found the prescribing regime itself appropr…
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
…r care generally reasonable but identified deficient record-keeping, lack of daily progress notes, and a medication chart incorrectly documenting medications given after her death. The hospital subsequently implemented i…
32y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and reflux oesophagitis
…nt epilepsy from meningococcal infection at 5 months. His parents discontinued conventional anti-seizure medications around 2010, citing perceived intolerance, and subsequently used medicinal cannabis. In his final year,…
54y · Female·complications related to post-polio syndrome and chronic respiratory weakness; n…
… periods, the importance of completing physiological testing during ventilator changes, and awareness of medication-alcohol interactions in patients with compromised respiratory function.
48y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with acute cardiac event
…; (3) ensuring timely communication between tertiary health services and primary care settings regarding medication changes and clinical reasoning; (4) the potential masking effect of antipyretics in obscuring infection …
54y · Female·Opioid toxicity (predominantly fentanyl)
… prescribed a 75mcg/hr fentanyl patch post-operatively for chronic pain management due to the patient's intolerance of oral opioids. The patient had been reviewed by pain specialist Dr H. who recommended methadone inste…
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