17 results for “syringe driver”
76y · Male·Terminal pancreatic cancer
…ceased in favour of palliative care. He was commenced on subcutaneous morphine, maxolon and midazolam via syringe driver on 12 January 2022. He was found unresponsive on 27 January 2022 and pronounced deceased at 2:43pm…
90y · Male·Ischaemic and valvular heart disease
…ent was discontinued in accordance with his wishes, shifting focus to comfort care and pain management. A syringe driver was commenced in January 2025 for pain control. He progressively deteriorated in February 2025, wi…
45y · Female·Combined effects of widely metastatic (end-stage) carcinoma of the cervix and br…
…reer medical officer made a decimal conversion error when switching her from fentanyl patches to morphine syringe driver, prescribing 45 mg per hour instead of 45 mg per 24 hours—a 24-fold overdose. The syringe driver w…
72y · Female·undetermined
…ising bronchopneumonia, and coronary atherosclerosis. She was receiving palliative care with morphine via syringe driver for pain management. Five days before death, her daughter Caroline requested euthanasia (the 'blue…
69y · Female·Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma
…no fractures. Her condition deteriorated despite appropriate pain management, and she was transitioned to syringe driver analgesia before death. The coroner found the care provided proximate to death was reasonable and …
42y · Female·Pneumonia, underlying severe cerebral palsy
…cient involvement of her carers. During her final admission in December 2022, PEG feeds were delivered by syringe instead of pump contrary to prescribed protocol. While the coroner could not establish direct causation b…
32y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and reflux oesophagitis
…. He was commenced on palliative care on 15 May 2018 with morphine analgesia, delivered appropriately via syringe driver. Daily GP review occurred until his death on 22 May 2018. The coroner found no evidence of neglige…
51y · Female·Complication of Parkinson's disease
…fused medications. By July, she was on home palliative care with daily nursing support and commenced on a syringe driver for comfort on 31 July 2025. The coroner found no evidence that care provided by disability suppor…
28y · Female·Cerebral x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
…dvanced care plan updated in January 2023. By early October 2023, she transitioned to palliative care via syringe driver in accordance with her advance care directive. The coroner found no want of clinical management or…
80y · Female·terminal exacerbation of congestive cardiac failure due to a fracture of the rig…
An 80-year-old woman resident in an aged care facility fell in her room and sustained a neck of femur fracture. She was conscious after the fall with no evidence of head injury. She declined hospital transfer. A geriatri…
59y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Dennis Petzler, a 59-year-old prisoner, died from carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with extensive metastatic spread. He presented with abdominal pain and nausea in June 2018, initially managed as gast…
34y · Female·aspiration pneumonia in the setting of pseudo-obstruction of the large bowel
34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, epilepsy, chronic bowel pseudo-obstruction, and swallowing difficulties died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to Austin Hospital with decreased consc…
55y · Male·recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with severe intellectual disability comp…
…pool Care Pathway was implemented with his mother's consent, and he was placed on comfort medications via syringe driver. Clinical lesson: in patients with severe disability prone to recurrent aspiration pneumonia, earl…
61y · Male·Multiorgan failure, due to, or as a consequence of metastatic lung cancer (suspi…
Shane Anthony May, a 61-year-old prisoner, died of multiorgan failure secondary to metastatic lung cancer after 44 days in custody. He presented with COVID-19 symptoms on reception, then developed progressive respiratory…
58y · Female·pneumonia, likely aspiration pneumonia
Mary Marguerite Dickinson, aged 58, died of pneumonia on 20 January 2018 at the Roy Fagan Centre after admission with a complex scapula fracture and severe cognitive decline from alcoholic dementia. The coroner found her…
58y · Female·aspiration pneumonia following palliative treatment for frontotemporal dementia
Jillian Ann Woolley, aged 58, died of aspiration pneumonia on 18 September 2014 at Roy Fagan Centre following palliative sedation for terminal frontotemporal dementia. She had been severely distressed with uncontrolled b…
49y · Female·Hypoxia due to complications following incision and drainage of a right buttock …
A 48-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, COPD, chronic kidney disease, ischaemic heart disease) died following complications of anaesthesia during incision and drainage of a buttock abscess. Critical fa…
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