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SAhospital2014-05-19

Coroner's Finding: AYRES David Stanley

65y · Male·sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia

David Stanley Ayres, aged 65, died from sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia while in hospital detention under a Mental Health Act order. He presented to his GP on 8 June 2011 with …

general practiceintensive caresystemcefalexin
VICaged care2010-10-11

Finding into death of Arthur Moumas

39y · Male·aspiration pneumonia

…is, epilepsy, osteoporosis, and was dependent on PEG feeding. Over three months, he experienced multiple pneumonia episodes (April, May, June 2009) with initial recovery. In late July, he developed hemoptysis attributed…

general medicineintensive care
VIChospital2018-08-27

Finding into death of PH

51y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with status epilepticus

A 51-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intellectual disability, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from complications of aspiration pneumonia and status epilepticus. He presented with status epilept…

neurologyintensive careanticonvulsant medications
VIChospital2025-11-28

Finding into death of Carol Denise Jackson

75y · Female·Pneumonia

…l palsy, intellectual disability, and dysphagia residing in specialist disability accommodation, died of pneumonia following a short hospital admission. She presented with signs of aspiration pneumonia and was found to …

emergency medicinegeneral medicine
VIChospital2022-11-14

Finding into death of Gregory Bernard Duffy

55y · Male·Urosepsis and pneumonia, with contributing factor of Down syndrome

…ith Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from urosepsis and pneumonia following recurrent urinary tract infections. He had multiple UTIs during 2020, with a documented sepsis…

infectious diseasesintensive careinsulin
VIChospital2025-03-24

Finding into death of Isobel Francis

65y · Female·Status epilepticus complicating cerebral palsy

… intellectual disability, died from status epilepticus after multiple hospital admissions for aspiration pneumonia and declining functional status. She had recurrent aspiration pneumonia over three months (September to …

general medicineneurologyantiepileptics
VIChospital2022-10-03

Finding into death of Travis Jack Blows

15y · Male·pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and epilepsy

Travis Blows, a 15-year-old with cerebral palsy and difficult-to-control epilepsy, died from pneumonia after a prolonged PICU admission. He presented to ED multiple times in the months before death with seiz…

neurologyintensive careclobazam
VIChospital2025-05-26

Finding into death of Shawn James Farlech

47y · Male·Pneumonia

…quired brain injury from childhood encephalitis living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with sepsis. He presented with fever on 8 April and was initially treated at Stawell Regional Health. He…

general medicineintensive caresodium valproate
VIChospital2025-08-20

Finding into death of Christine Klofa

47y · Female·Mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection

Christine Klofa, a 47-year-old woman with Down syndrome and multiple comorbidities, died from mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection. She presented to her GP on 6 June with upper respiratory symptoms and…

general practiceemergency medicineamoxicillin
QLDhospital2005-12-22

Hansen, Anthony Kenneth

46y · Male·Diffuse Alveolar Damage (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) as a consequence o…

… fever. He was transferred to Maryborough Base Hospital by ambulance and diagnosed with severe bilateral pneumonia. Despite intubation and mechanical ventilation, he developed Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and die…

respiratory medicineintensive careaugmentin duo
VIChospital2021-07-20

Finding into death of Gela Anne Vigor-Newitt

72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease

Ms Vigor-Newitt, a 72-year-old woman in prison, died from pneumonia complicated by chronic obstructive airway disease. She had presented with respiratory symptoms on 27 and…

respiratory medicinecardiologysalbutamol
WAmental health2013

Inquest into the Death of Vos, Glenis June

60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease

… with long-standing schizophrenia/bipolar disorder, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease died of focal pneumonia at Graylands Hospital. She had been an involuntary patient with multiple prior respiratory arrests, aspi…

psychiatrygeneral medicinetemazepam
VIChospital2024-11-27

Finding into death of Narelle Gay Sanders

48y · Female·Pneumonia with anaphylaxis (treated), cerebral palsy, and epilepsy as contributi…

…anders, a 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in disability accommodation, died of pneumonia complicated by anaphylaxis. She was admitted with shortness of breath and cough following recent severe …

intensive careinfectious diseasesazithromycin
VIChospital2021-09-30

Finding into death of James Owen Lynch

71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability

A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with multiple previous aspiration …

emergency medicineintensive careamoxicillin
VIChospital2012-01-25

Finding into death of Claire Kathleen Fogarty

45y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy and epilepsy

…ondition deteriorated and she was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 26 December 2010 with left lower lobe pneumonia and respiratory failure. She deteriorated further despite intravenous antibiotics and was managed pallia…

general practiceneurologyamoxicillin
VICcommunity2026-07-09

Finding into death of Danielle Jade Pezzutti

35y · Female·Respiratory failure secondary to community-acquired pneumonia in a woman with ce…

…al disability (Trisomy 5P), and dysphagia, died from respiratory failure secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. On 11 July 2024, she became unwell at day care and was brought home. That evening, when fever and respi…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAShospital2017-09-25

Coroner's Finding: Willox, Brian William

81y · Male·pneumonia complicating fracture of the neck of the right femur sustained in a fa…

…ured right femoral neck from a fall at an aged care facility. He underwent surgical repair but developed pneumonia post-operatively from a pre-existing chest infection. Despite treatment, his condition deteriorated and …

orthopaedic surgerygeneral medicine
VIChospital2018-12-30

Finding into death of Peter Allen Bain

31y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia

…ar-old man with severe intellectual disability, autism, and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to ICU following deterioration at a DHHS residential facility and died four days later.…

respiratory medicineintensive caresodium valproate
ACThome2012-09-24

Inquest Into The Death Of Stephen Moon

21y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by acute bilateral pneumonia

…m and intellectual disability, died following wisdom tooth extraction complicated by ventilator-acquired pneumonia. Although discharged early from ICU after 3 days, he developed bilateral acute pneumonia with septicaemi…

anaesthesiaintensive caredelaycommunicationpropofol
VIChospital2024-09-17

Finding into death of Hannah Gray

34y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

…al palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had experienced progressive health deterioration over the preceding year with multiple hospital adm…

neurologygeneral practicecannabidiol
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