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…
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…
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…
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…
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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