29 results for “opiate toxicity”
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
…e coroner found death resulted from combined effects of significant blunt head trauma, methamphetamine and opiate toxicity, and underlying coronary atherosclerosis. Expert consensus concluded that but for the blunt force…
33y · Male·Opiate toxicity
…pnoea was admitted with severe headache. The treating physician prescribed a complex regimen of escalating opiate doses including both slow-release (MS Contin, OxyContin) and short-acting morphine (Ordine) alongside gaba…
59y · Male·opiate toxicity
…an, a 59-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, chronic pain, liver disease and hepatitis, died from opiate toxicity while living in primitive conditions at a mining camp near Lightning Ridge. He had recently been …
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
FDS, a 34-year-old male recently released from prison, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin in a public toilet. He had a long-standing complex drug history and relapsed short…
32y · Female·Opiate toxicity; toxic combination of morphine and codeine causing respiratory d…
… 32-year-old woman with severe depression and psychiatric history, was found dead in bed. Autopsy revealed opiate toxicity with high levels of morphine and codeine. Toxicology expert opinion indicated morphine was likely…
25y · Male·opiate toxicity (heroin overdose)
…itness protection program participant, was found dead in his Caloundra apartment on 11 September 1995 from opiate toxicity (heroin overdose). He had relocated from Western Australia to Queensland after agreeing to testif…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complic…
A 51-year-old woman died from mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complicated by biventricular heart hypertrophy. She …
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 Mar…
27y · Female·opiate toxicity (fentanyl)
Hayley Fisher, a 27-year-old midwife at King Edward Memorial Hospital, died from accidental opiate toxicity after injecting a fatal quantity of fentanyl she obtained from a patient-controlled analgesia dev…
28y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Amanda Bertram, a 28-year-old with 8 years of drug addiction, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin and consuming amphetamines. Toxicology revealed potentially fatal levels of methyl…
35y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine and aripiprazole)
A 35-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, opiate use disorder, and amphetamine use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine, a…
49y · Male·Drug toxicity (methadone)
Brenton Grosser, a 49-year-old man with alcohol addiction history, died from methadone toxicity after consuming three 100ml takeaway methadone bottles prescribed to his housemate. He had consumed signi…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
Jeffrey Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetami…
34y · Male·heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis
…rren Fitzgerald, a 34-year-old lifer serving for murder, died in Woodford Correctional Centre from heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of drug abuse in pr…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
Shane Paul Krog, a 55-year-old man, died from morphine toxicity complicated by ischemic heart disease, coronary atherosclerosis and rhabdomyolysis. He presented to Murgo…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
… long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of Fentanyl and other drugs in her system. A general practitioner prescribed her Fenta…
43y · Male·Pneumonia
Jeffrey John Hartwig, a 43-year-old with chronic schizophrenia and opiate dependence, died from pneumonia following cardiorespiratory collapse on an acute psychiatric inpatient uni…
79y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with uri…
Janet Ann Cook, aged 79, died of multi-organ failure complicated by hydromorphone toxicity on 30 September 2015. She was mistakenly administered 16mg hydromorphone intended for another patient (ro…
37y · Male·Mixed Drug Toxicity (Oxycodone, Quetiapine, Pregabalin and Clonazepam)
A 37-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone, quetiapine, pregabalin, clonazepam) after ingesting unknown quantities of his own medications…
87y · Female·heart failure and probable pneumonia in an elderly lady complicated by morphine …
…. The deceased was opioid-naïve, frail, and at high risk from respiratory depression. The morphine caused toxicity with respiratory depression and was potentially lethal. However, the coroner found insufficient evidence …
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