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8 results for respiratory insufficiency

VIChospital2015-04-23

Finding into death of Ian Kenneth Pye

56y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia in a man with respiratory insufficiency and Down's Syndrome

…ntia, schizophrenia, and severe cervical stenosis residing in supported care presented to hospital with respiratory failure and altered consciousness. He had aspirated food or secretions leading to type II respiratory f…

respiratory medicineneurologyolanzapine
VIChospital2009-01-27

Finding into death of Zakaria Tartourssi

0y · Male·Respiratory insufficiency; interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of pr…

Zakaria Tartoussi died at age 43 days from respiratory insufficiency due to interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of probable viral aetiology. He pr…

general practicepaediatricsdiagnosticcommunicationparacetamol
TAShome2018-04-03

Coroner's Finding: Scott, Douglas Ian

81y · Male·Oxygen deprivation and carbon dioxide toxicity in a person with chronic respirat…

Douglas Ian Scott, an 81-year-old with emphysema, died from oxygen deprivation and carbon dioxide toxicity after smoking while using a home oxygen concentrator. He had been discharged from hospital with clear written and…

respiratory medicineemergency medicine
VIChospital2017-01-30

Finding into death of Baby Emma Folwell Kuno

0y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting of chronic placental insufficien…

…born 26 July 2011, developed severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy associated with chronic placental insufficiency and died at 4 days old. Her mother reported reduced foetal movements after 34 weeks' gestation, but in…

obstetricsmidwiferydiagnosticcommunication
NSWhospital2018-04-27

Inquest into the death of Richard John O'Connor

76y · Male·congestive cardiac failure

…medications were continued, and he received regular medical reviews including specialist cardiology and respiratory assessment in 2015. When respiratory difficulties developed in March 2016, he was appropriately admitte…

cardiologyrespiratory medicine
QLDhospital2007-05-04

Horsington, Margaret Isabel

83y · Female·cardiac arrest from severe triple vessel coronary artery disease complicated by …

… failed bowel clearance attempts, worsening abdominal distension and compressing her diaphragm, causing respiratory compromise and cardiac stress. The coroner identified systemic failures: inadequate senior medical supe…

general surgeryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationfleet
WAhospital2025-04-17

Inquest into the Deaths of HC and Child HR

terminal palliative care in a girl with a clinical diagnosis of aspiration pneum…

A 12-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy (quadriplegia) died from aspiration pneumonia whilst in state care following removal from her mother's care. Her mother, HC, had chronic benzodiazepine and opioid dependence,…

paediatricspalliative care
QLDhospital2024-11-08

Non-inquest findings into the death of SD

61y · Male·Lymphoma (CD30 positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder), medically managed

A 61-year-old man died from CD30-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (PTCL) after being incorrectly diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin lymphoma. Critical diagnostic information—a negative PAX5 immunohistochemistr…

haematologypathologydiagnosticcommunicationprednisolone

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