60y · Male·Sepsis due to pressure ulcers due to immobility on a background of advancing fro…
…old man with frontotemporal dementia, diabetes, and ischaemic heart disease died from sepsis secondary to pressure ulcers while subject to a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He developed sacral and heel press…
68y · Female·Sepsis (palliated)
…year-old woman with intellectual disability and complex medical conditions, died from sepsis secondary to pressure ulcers while in specialist disability accommodation. She developed sacral and heel pressure ulcers follow…
55y · Female·Complications arising from Down's Syndrome and dementia (bronchopneumonia)
…ho died from bronchopneumonia at Maryborough District Health Service. She was admitted in April 2025 with pressure ulcers and experienced progressive cognitive and functional decline during her hospitalisation, including…
69y · Male·septic shock due to infected decubitus ulcers complicated by osteomyelitis
A 69-year-old man with Parkinson's disease died from septic shock caused by infected pressure ulcers (stage 4 decubitus ulcers with osteomyelitis) that developed in aged care. Pressure sores appeared…
45y · Male·Bronchopneumonia
…nctional decline from January 2008, including loss of mobility, incontinence, and development of infected pressure ulcers. An MRI in May 2008 confirmed severe cervical myelopathy unsuitable for surgery. Management focuse…
86y · Female·Multiple organ failure following sepsis due to infected pressure ulcer of the hi…
…d mobility, required care from her adult children. Following an influenza illness, she developed multiple pressure ulcers within 7-10 days, particularly on her right hip which became infected with osteomyelitis. The infe…
91y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism and subcutaneous abscess formation complicating pressu…
…woman died from pulmonary thromboembolism and abscess formation complicating untreated ankle fracture and pressure sores. She had sustained a fracture-dislocation of her right ankle after a fall, which she refused medica…
77y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction
… had multiple comorbidities including diabetes, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and heart failure. Pressure ulcers developed during his initial hospital stay and became colonised with MRSA. The coroner found that …
78y · Female·Complications of prolonged immobility and malnutrition in a woman with retroperi…
…ophrenia, depression, and undiagnosed retroperitoneal lymphoma died from septic shock complicating severe pressure ulcers, malnutrition, and dehydration. She had been immobile on a couch for approximately one week at hom…
64y · Female·Blunt Force Trauma to the Head in the Setting of Prolonged Lie; Metastatic Breas…
…tracranial haemorrhage. Annie lay incapacitated for approximately three days before discovery, developing pressure ulcers and sepsis. She had advanced metastatic breast cancer. Chai subsequently died by hanging. The case…
26y · Female·Streptococcal Sepsis resulting from Skin Ulceration and complications of Cerebra…
… palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died on 28 June 2007 of Streptococcal sepsis from infected pressure ulcers. She was cared for at home by her mother Daphne and sister Jenna. Following her father's death in …
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
Michael Young, 67, died from pressure ulcer complications following a spinal injury sustained during a CT scan on 3 January 2023. He had fallen…
83y · Female·Combined effects of severe malnutrition and infection (septicaemia secondary to …
Mrs Clark, 83, died from severe malnutrition and infection including septicaemia from an infected sacral pressure ulcer that had existed for 7 months. She was admitted to hospital in a deplorable state with severe press…
88y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to fractured right femur due to a fall
…ar evidence of severe pain and immobility. The patient remained bedbound in filthy conditions, developing pressure sores and malnutrition. Hospital staff provided appropriate, multidisciplinary care including prophylacti…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
…ine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservative treatment of his C4 fracture, he developed extensive pressure injuries (sacral and stump wounds) that became infected with multiple organisms. While pressure area care…
83y · Female·meningitis with sepsis with the likely source of infection being a large and dee…
…n (24.5kg, BMI 13), poor hygiene with faecal soiling under fingernails, dystrophic toenails, and multiple pressure ulcers. Ms Atkins had not seen a GP for 12 months despite recommended monthly reviews. Her son David Bald…
48y · Female·Sepsis due to pulmonary and cutaneous infections, with urinary tract infection a…
A 48-year-old tetraplegic woman died from sepsis originating from a necrotic sacral pressure wound. Multiple system failures contributed: inadequate pressure sore prevention at the disability care p…
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
…tional decline died from combined effects of pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and severe pressure ulcers with osteomyelitis following a prolonged lie at home. She had been largely bedridden for years, re…
20y · Female·Complications of malnutrition in the setting of presumed nitrous oxide use
…t her apartment. She had a critically low BMI (11 kg/m²) and evidence of prolonged malnutrition including pressure ulcers and gastric stress erosions. The pathologist noted that sustained nitrous oxide intoxication likel…
88y · Female·Complications of a stage 3 sacral pressure ulcer in a woman with dementia
…ret Alice Cook, an 88-year-old woman with end-stage dementia, died from complications of a stage 3 sacral pressure ulcer at a palliative care unit. She had resided at Crofton House Supported Residential Services (SRS), a…
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