24 results for “opioid toxicity (suspected)”
26y · Male·morphine intoxication due to ingestion of poppy tea
…ommercial fields despite warning signs. After consuming the tea on 16 February 2014, he developed signs of opioid toxicity that evening, including feeling unwell, vomiting multiple times, and requiring assistance to walk…
43y · Male·methadone toxicity
Frank Coleman, a 43-year-old First Nations man, died of methadone toxicity after being supplied diverted methadone by another inmate while imprisoned at Long Bay Correctional Compl…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease (operated); severe native coronary artery atheroma with …
…ssues included excessive MS Contin consumption (suspected 10 tablets taken prior to admission), leading to opioid-related respiratory depression requiring naloxone administration. The coroner concluded his underlying sev…
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
…t morning, appeared engaged and positive about future employment, then returned home and died from heroin toxicity. The coroner found the clinical management and risk assessment appropriate and reasonable, with no basis …
54y · Male·metastatic lung cancer with terminal palliative care
…ner at Casuarina Prison, died from metastatic lung cancer. He collapsed on 17 February 2023 with suspected opioid overdose but was not transferred to hospital for approximately 10 hours. While not definitively an opioid …
42y · Female·Heroin toxicity, self-administered
Tracylee Brannigan, a 42-year-old woman in custody at Dillwynia Correctional Centre, died from heroin toxicity on 24-25 February 2013. The coroner found she self-administered a potentially fatal dose of heroin after …
51y · Female·undetermined - either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease
…ficant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cause of death was undetermined, as either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease could have been fatal. Clinical considerations include: the appropriate monito…
78y · Male·Cerebral infarction and hypoxic brain damage due to the combined effects of isch…
Paul Henri, 78, died from cerebral infarction and hypoxic brain damage following aspiration pneumonia and opioid-related complications. He was admitted to an aged care home and commenced on MS Contin (morphine) 30mg dai…
52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, pregabalin, valproic acid, benzodiazepines)
A 52-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died from mixed drug toxicity after prescribed methadone, pregabalin, valproic acid, and benzod…
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
David Leslie Chapman, age 39, collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health cond…
2y · Male·morphine toxicity
A 2-year-old boy died from morphine toxicity approximately 35 hours after suspected ingestion of up to 7 Kapanol (slow-release morphine) capsules acce…
44y · Female·mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents
A 44-year-old woman with chronic back pain and depression died from mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had been prescribed multiple medications including amitriptyline…
18y · Male·methadone toxicity
Thomas Ryan Keough, aged 18, died from methadone toxicity at Palm Lodge, a supported residential facility for people with mental illness, in August 2003. His body …
37y · Male·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
Richard Mark Kiel, a 37-year-old with chronic opioid addiction, died from acute heart failure caused by lethally high levels of methadone and alprazolam, likel…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…ce abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, diazepam, citalopram, quetiapine) shortly after discharge from The Geelong Clinic. Des…
21y · Female·mixed heroin and alprazolam toxicity
Paigh Bartholomew, 21-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from mixed heroin and alprazolam toxicity in a minimum-security correctional centre following systemic failures. She had been placed in a minimum-s…
multi-drug toxicity (opioids, heroin, benzodiazepines, prescription drugs)
This inquest examined six opioid-related deaths in NSW occurring in May 2016, with causes ranging from heroin and fentanyl toxicity to mult…
60y · Male·Hypertensive heart disease with chronic fatty liver as other significant conditi…
… on 19 January 2007. The autopsy identified hypertensive heart disease as the primary cause, with possible opioid toxicity and chronic fatty liver as other significant conditions. Clinical assessments suggested the patie…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, multi-drug toxici…
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…
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