19 results for “tuberculosis”
15y · Unknown·acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure as a cons…
…5, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure due to disseminated tuberculosis. He presented to hospital with very advanced post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis requiring immediate ve…
52y · Male·drowning
…h Newby, a 52-year-old fishing vessel skipper with significant pre-existing health conditions including tuberculosis with lung fibrosis (effectively single lung), was swept overboard from the fishing vessel Lucca during …
24y · Female·Pulmonary and miliary tuberculosis
Manpreet Kaur, a 24-year-old Indian national on a student visa, died of pulmonary and miliary tuberculosis on 20 June 2024 at Melbourne Airport. She had been symptomatic for months, presenting to a GP on 19 May…
56y · Male·Unascertained—likely injuries from motor vehicle crash, but may have resulted fr…
…luding police, Aboriginal trackers, and aerial searches, no trace was ever found. Winslow had pulmonary tuberculosis and had undergone previous lung surgery. The coroner determined he died on or about 1 December 1974, li…
60y · Male·Pulmonary tuberculosis in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with…
…, was a remand prisoner at Hakea who died at Fiona Stanley Hospital on 27 September 2024 from pulmonary tuberculosis superimposed on severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was hospitalized for 109 days across t…
57y · Male·Undetermined; possible sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with competin…
…DEP), with competing contributing factors including gastrointestinal haemorrhage, chronic pancreatitis, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C infection. Mr Mansell had a history of acquired brain injury from a 2015 assault requi…
33y · Male·hypoxic respiratory failure following right pneumonectomy for treatment of sever…
…rker, died from hypoxic respiratory failure following a pneumonectomy for treatment of severe pulmonary tuberculosis. He had latent TB identified pre-arrival in India. Critical clinical lessons include: the importance of…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
Ming Shan Yuan, an 88-year-old man with osteoporosis and cachexia, died from tuberculosis pneumonia precipitated by multiple rib fractures. He suffered elder abuse and neglect by his primary ca…
66y · Male·multiple organ failure associated with the combined effects of complications of …
…ed to investigate the methotrexate. He was later hospitalized with severe immunosuppression, triggering tuberculosis reactivation, gastrointestinal bleeding and sepsis. Although the immediate methotrexate toxicity resolv…
55y · Male·Consequences of urothelial cancer
David Hall, aged 55, died in custody at Long Bay Correctional Facility from metastatic urothelial cancer. He had multiple comorbidities including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and history of bladder cancer treated with c…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
Rex Rouse, 86, died from pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis while admitted to the psychiatric unit at Launceston General Hospital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order …
28y · Male·Bronchopneumonia caused by metastatic lung cancer (adenocarcinoma)
Damien Hughes, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man serving a prison sentence, died from bronchopneumonia caused by metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. He presented with a two-week history of chest swelling in April 2012 and was pro…
49y · Male·cardiac hypertrophy (longstanding heart disease) complicated by chronic renal fa…
Raymond McDonald, 49 years old, died in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre from cardiac hypertrophy with underlying chronic renal failure and ventricular arrhythmia. He had presented 16 times with chest pain over 12 m…
45y · Female·Bronchiectasis
A 45-year-old Aboriginal woman with severe bronchiectasis, COPD, and cor pulmonale died at a sobering-up shelter after police protective custody. She had 15 hospital admissions in 2015 for acute exacerbations related to …
82y · Female·Hyperkalaemia due to acute renal failure on a background of end stage pulmonary …
An 82-year-old woman with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure presented with chest pain, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis. She became combative and was given haloperidol and morphine for agita…
66y · Male·infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma
Mati Tamwoy, a 66-year-old Aboriginal man, died in ICU from infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma after 661 days on remand. He received excellent oncological care including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Howe…
70y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Mirko Civic, a 70-year-old prisoner with a significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease, died of coronary atherosclerosis in September 2018. Critical clinic…
37y · Male·Complications due to atherosclerotic heart disease and dyslipidaemia
Glen Dooley, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, died of atherosclerotic heart disease and dyslipidaemia while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. His death was avoidable. He had abnormal ECGs in 2019 and 2022 that were …
Male·Hemant Chadha: acute on chronic pneumonia (mycoplasma pneumoniae). Sachintha Bat…
Two young men died after repeated ED presentations were not appropriately managed. Hemant Chadha (38) died of acute pneumonia complicated by possible neurological involvement after being discharged from Lyell McEwin Hosp…
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