31 results for “oropharyngeal dysphagia”
50y · Male·aspiration pneumonia (with Down syndrome as contributing condition)
Glenn Altmann, a 50-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was under palliative care in the community following a J…
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with antecedent causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia and a sig…
Ms Pollauszach, a 54-year-old woman with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Northern Hospital. The coroner found …
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and chron…
Ronald Arthur Elliott, aged 80, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and COPD following a hip fracture. He fell on 12 June 2020, underwent left hip hemiarthropla…
47y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome
…nt disabilities, died from aspiration pneumonia after a chronic decline in swallowing function. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia since 2007 and Alzheimer's disease, with documented choking incidents in 2017. A speech path…
64y · Male·Aspiration event obstruction in a man with oropharyngeal dysphagia and Parkinson…
Richard Ellis, a 64-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration obstruction following a witnessed choking episode while eating. He pre…
57y · Female·Sepsis in the setting of probable aspiration pneumonia
A 57-year-old woman with Down syndrome, blindness, severe dysphagia, dementia, and epilepsy died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. She lived in a Department of…
57y · Male·Aspiration of gastric content (due to choking on food)
…y living in a Department of Human Services group home, died from aspiration of gastric content. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia, epilepsy, and a history of chest infections. While eating his evening meal on 21 May 2011, …
65y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with Down syndrome as underlying condition
…r-old woman with Down syndrome and intellectual disability, died from aspiration pneumonia with severe oropharyngeal dysphagia as a contributing factor. She had suffered recurrent chest infections throughout her residen…
85y · Female·Asphyxia due to upper airways obstruction by mucoid plugging of the upper airway…
Betty Cliffe, 85-year-old with intellectual disability and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from asphyxia due to upper airway mucoid plugging on a background of cardiomegaly and …
77y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating retropharyngeal plasmacytoma, cervical myelopa…
…myelopathy, COPD and atrial fibrillation while in prison custody. He had complex medical needs including dysphagia from previous oropharyngeal cancer treatment, requiring nasogastric feeds and specialised care at Long B…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriparesis)
Raylene Barbara Armstrong, a 55-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriparesis, dysphagia and achalasia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a complex medical history requiring pureed foods …
91y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with multiple co-morbidities
…in specialist disability accommodation who died from aspiration pneumonia. She had documented moderate oropharyngeal dysphagia from prior stroke, managed with pureed diet and thick fluids per speech pathology assessment…
51y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
…lised, and was discharged in December. She was readmitted on 24 December with aspiration pneumonia and oropharyngeal dysphagia diagnosed on 26 December. Despite intravenous antibiotics, she had minimal oral intake due t…
68y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability (con…
…from complications of aspiration pneumonia. He had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneumonias and dysphagia. Following admission with vomiting, diarrhoea, and hypoxia, he received initial antibiotics and fluids b…
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and recent PEG inser…
Steven John Brown, a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia on 15 August 2014, one day after PEG tube insertion at Maroondah Hospita…
89y · Male·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a man with multiple medical comorbid…
…aspiration of a food bolus while eating on a geriatric ward three days after a fall. He had documented oropharyngeal dysphagia requiring supervision during oral intake. Speech pathology recommendations evolved during ad…
64y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with multiple comorbidities
…bidities died from aspiration pneumonia while in specialist disability accommodation. She had documented dysphagia and aspiration risk identified in February 2022, managed with speech pathology review and risk feeding p…
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…al and supervision was reasonable, as choking was not identified as a risk despite a previous episode of dysphagia documented four months earlier that had apparently resolved. The key clinical lesson is that documented …
89y · Female·aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure complicating major depression with…
…ed from aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She had dysphagia secondary to Parkinsonism and catatonia. After ECT on 16 May 2018, she was given thickened fluids and me…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
Gary Desmond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in supported residential care. He experienced multiple fa…
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