53y · Female·Unascertained
…resentation—inability to walk, breathing difficulties, and cardiac arrest—is consistent with 'wood-lover paralysis', a poorly understood toxidrome associated with certain psilocybin-containing mushrooms. The coroner cou…
66y · Male·Complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A significant contributi…
…le incarcerated. He had significant respiratory compromise from prior chest trauma causing hemidiaphragm paralysis. Days before death, he was hospitalized for type 2 respiratory failure and lower respiratory tract infec…
91y · Female·kidney impairment and dehydration following thermal injury to right leg in an el…
A 91-year-old woman with cerebrovascular disease and right-sided paralysis sustained a significant second-degree burn to her lower right leg when it fell against a hydronic heater…
23y · Male·sea snake bite with neurotoxic venom causing neuromuscular paralysis and respira…
…awler in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Bitten on the finger at 8:20am, he developed progressive neuromuscular paralysis and respiratory failure within 2 hours 20 minutes. Despite heroic remote rescue efforts and CPR for 4 ho…
32y · Female·Mexiletine toxicity
Janet Rosse was a 32-year-old woman with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis, a genetic neurological condition causing recurring paralytic episodes and chronic pain, and a concurren…
41y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash with superimposed infection
…cas sustained severe injuries including right leg amputation, pelvic infection, and spinal fracture with paralysis, dying from infection superimposed on unsurvivable injuries seven days after the crash. The coroner foun…
60y · Female·Complications of urinary tract disease in the setting of COVID pneumonitis on th…
A 60-year-old woman with complex comorbidities (diabetes, post-stroke paralysis, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease) residing in specialist disability accommodation tested positive …
27y · Male·freshwater drowning
…e to run away. Post-mortem examination revealed a fractured lumbar spine which may have caused transient paralysis affecting swimming ability and contributing to drowning.
76y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating fractured ribs sustained in a fall on a bus
John Wilks, a 76-year-old wheelchair user, fell when his wheelchair tilted during a left-turn on a bus on 13 August 2017. He sustained fractured ribs and a small haemothorax. Although initially treated with painkillers, …
47y · Male·unascertained
Eric Donald Brandrick, a 47-year-old man with significant disability from a right thalamic intracerebral haemorrhage stroke in September 1988, was last confirmed alive on 31 December 1989 at Royal Perth Hospital Emergenc…
54y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with past right middle cerebral artery territory stro…
A 54-year-old woman with left-sided paralysis from a prior stroke died in a house fire started by smoking in bed. She called emergency services at 2:4…
56y · Male·Basal ganglia haemorrhage with intraventricular extension in the context of moya…
Mr Ho Hai Vu, a 56-year-old with moyamoya disease and history of prior basal ganglia haemorrhages, died from acute basal ganglia haemorrhage with intraventricular extension. He was found unresponsive and vomiting in his …
54y · Male·Complications following an old prior cerebrovascular accident - aspiration pneum…
… impairment, died from aspiration pneumonia following a stroke in September 2023 that caused right-sided paralysis and swallowing difficulties. He spent eight weeks in hospital before discharge to supported disability a…
41y · Male·Cardiomyopathy in a setting of acute abdomen
Rodney David Keegan, a 41-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, psychosis, and prior cardiac surgery, was admitted to hospital following a fall. He developed acute abdominal pain with free fluid on imaging…
78y · Male·Multiple organ failure in the setting of neuropathy and coagulopathy caused by t…
Winston William Fish, aged 78, died from multiple organ failure following tiger snake envenomation while working on his rural property in Tasmania. He was bitten at least twice by a 1400mm tiger snake while working near …
37y · Female·Unknown - Open Finding
…37, disappeared from her home in Armadale, Western Australia on or about 14 May 1992. She had left-sided paralysis from a 1978 strangulation injury by her husband James Donnachy, which significantly limited her mobility…
42y · Male·Cause of death cannot be determined
Robert Mansell, a 42-year-old man, disappeared on 8 August 2015 while allegedly fishing at Salmon Rock with Joshua Kennedy. Kennedy claimed Mansell slipped into cold water retrieving a lure and drowned despite Kennedy's …
63y · Male·complications of an inverted positional event (asphyxia from airway occlusion)
A 63-year-old man with previous stroke and left-sided paralysis fell headfirst into his bedside drawer while attempting to open it from his motorised wheelchair. He bec…
57y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
Lorraine O'Leary, 57, a severely disabled aged care resident (stroke survivor with right-sided paralysis, recent amputation, unable to speak), suffered burns on 3 August 2007 while smoking unsupervised in her …
20y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy
…ater abdominal distension—the incorrect assessment was accepted by another registrar (Dr J.). Vecuronium paralysis was administered based on this false premise, eliminating the patient's own breathing efforts. Cardiac a…
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