76 results for “recurrent depression”
55y · Male·Ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
… 55-year-old man with Down syndrome died from ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis following recurrent biliary sepsis. He had multiple comorbidities including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and cardiac dys…
11y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy secondary to KCNQ2 developmental and epile…
…h severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and multiple complex medical conditions including central respiratory depression and recurrent chest infections. She died from pneumonia at home in August 2023 after a 12-month period o…
91y · Female·Unascertained
Margaret Smith, a 91-year-old admitted with head strike from fall, developed moderate depression during her stay and received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a compulsory patient. On 5 March 2015, s…
83y · Male·ongoing respiratory failure from recurrent aspiration pneumonia, complicating de…
An 83-year-old man with dementia and suicidal ideation died from respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He was lawfully detained under a Guardianship Board order at a psychiatric hospita…
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Adrian Young, a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. He had been under psy…
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
…following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and chronic bowel dysmotility. Admitted July 2024 with abdominal distension, she underwent flexible sig…
60y · Female·multiple injuries
JF, a 60-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a history of suicide attempts, died by suicide at Redhead Headland on 12 F…
33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure
… with borderline personality disorder, poly-substance abuse, and a complex psychiatric history including recurrent suicidal ideation and overdoses, died from multi-drug toxicity in October 2009. The coroner examined whe…
81y · Male·pneumonia
…r F. provided prompt assessment and arranged appropriate transfer to the emergency department. Given his recurrent aspiration pneumonia secondary to post-stroke swallowing difficulties, conservative management was recom…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
…hanges would not have prevented Ms Cooke's death. The case highlights the clinical challenge of managing recurrent aspiration in patients with progressive neurological disease and swallowing difficulties. Better recogni…
56y · Male·Complications of clostridium difficile and malnutrition in the setting of cerebr…
…o improvement occurred. Key clinical lessons include: early recognition that patients with dysphagia and recurrent C. difficile may require proactive nutritional support via nasogastric feeding; consideration of escalat…
37y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon hanging
…lowing a hanging at Northpark Private Hospital's Mother and Baby Unit on 7 December 2007. She had severe recurrent postpartum depression and had attempted suicide two weeks prior (overdose). Despite being assessed as hi…
84y · Female·unascertained; possible causes include cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction…
An 84-year-old woman with a 50-year history of serious mental illness died suddenly at a psychiatric unit while under involuntary Mental Health Act status. She was found unresponsive in the TV lounge approximately 10 min…
59y · Male·Complications of multiple sclerosis
Christopher William Hanson, 59, died from complications of multiple sclerosis at MS Residential Services in Williamstown after 20 years in care. He was admitted to hospital in January 2022 with sepsis, stabilized, and wa…
65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
… compartment syndrome, pancolitis with sigmoid perforation requiring subtotal colectomy, and experienced recurrent infections including pseudomonas chest infection. He deteriorated despite appropriate multidisciplinary …
57y · Male·hanging
Christopher Maxwell Lampkin, a 57-year-old man with longstanding depression and alcohol dependence, died by hanging in July 2021. He had been treated for depression since 2009 and …
52y · Female·Hanging due to depression
Mrs B, a 52-year-old woman with a 17-year history of recurrent depression, suicidal ideation, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Cairns Base Hospital M…
94y · Female·pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures, complicated by malignant left ple…
… 94, died of pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures complicated by malignant pleural effusion and recurrent lung carcinoma, sustained in an unwitnessed fall at a nursing home on 31 December 2018. She fell from he…
40y · Female·combined drug toxicity (clomipramine, sertraline, diazepam, and quetiapine)
…toxicity involving clomipramine, sertraline, diazepam, and quetiapine. She had a longstanding history of depression, OCD, and recurrent overdoses between 2014-2016. In the weeks before her death, she reported suicidal id…
35y · Male·unknown
Michael John Holmes, aged 35, disappeared from his boarding house in Hobart on 26 July 1988 and was not reported missing until 28 October 1988. He had a significant psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts…
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