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 presum…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia w…
7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…
A child with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure. Born with severe peri…
6y · Male·respiratory failure due to pneumonia
…tal conditions including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe developmental delay, aspiration syndrome, and microcephaly. He was in state care under a Protection Order. After admission with viral pneumonia and increased seiz…
5y · Female·Epilepsy in association with Cerebral Palsy
…tractable epilepsy died at home, likely from a seizure. She had multiple medical complexities including microcephaly, developmental delay, unsafe swallow managed by feeding tube, and severe spasticity requiring total car…
0y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
A 9.5-month-old girl with complex medical history (prematurity at 29 weeks, congenital heart disease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acute pneumonia ca…
54y · Female·Unascertained - Definite SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death in Epilepsy)
…. Autopsy revealed no acute injuries or competing causes of death. Neuropathological examination showed microcephaly, thalamic gliosis, and cerebellar changes consistent with remote seizure effects. Toxicology was non-to…
7y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure in a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, with acut…
Child KT (Vinnie), age 7, died of cardiorespiratory failure from cerebral palsy and epilepsy after a prolonged hospital admission. He had complex medical needs including chronic respiratory disease, requiring PEG feeding…
28y · Male·Peritonitis and septic shock complicating perforation of the terminal small bowe…
A 28-year-old man with cerebral palsy, microcephaly, and epilepsy presented to the ED with abdominal pain, fever, and signs of deterioration. Triaged as Pr…
38y · Male·Urosepsis
John Miklosowa, a 38-year-old man with Down syndrome and severe intellectual disability, died from urosepsis after rapid deterioration at his residential facility on 28 March 2009. He had a permanent suprapubic catheter …
65y · Female·Unascertained
Jennifer Thomas, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability due to phenylketonuria, died in disability residential care. She became unresponsive in her wheelchair and staff performed emergency CPR after lifting her…
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
Queenie Michaels, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with cytomegalovirus embryopathy and severe physical and cognitive disabilities, died from pneumonia at home while in government care. She had been fostered by Mr and Mrs …
2y · Male·multiorgan failure in a boy with clinically suspected sepsis and Cockayne syndro…
A 2-year-old boy with Cockayne syndrome (a rare life-limiting genetic condition) died from multiorgan failure due to clinically suspected sepsis following hospitalisation for acute illness with vomiting, lethargy and poo…
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