Coronial
VIChospital2025-07-24

Finding into death of Shane Michael Kelly

65y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating urosepsis in setting of nephrolithiasis and ce…

…erebral palsy living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating urosepsis secondary to nephrolithiasis. He was admitted to hospital on 20 May 2024 after staff noted he appeared u…

infectious diseasesurologyoxygen
VIChospital2016-03-15

Finding into death of George Mavraganis

50y · Male·Complications of urosepsis in the setting of T3/4 paraplegia

…fection. Later that day he developed shortness of breath and was transported to hospital with pneumonia, urosepsis, and chest infection. He died 26 August in ICU. The coroner found death resulted from urosepsis complica…

intensive caregeneral practice
VIChospital2014-03-27

Finding into death of Lee Isabell Mills

52y · Female·Renal Failure Complicating Urosepsis in a Woman with Down Syndrome (Palliated)

…-old woman with Down syndrome, chronic renal failure, and requiring permanent catheterisation, developed urosepsis following a urinary tract infection. She presented with back pain, fever, and hypotension on 9 May 2012,…

emergency medicinegeneral medicineparacetamol
VIChospital2025-07-04

Finding into death of Geoffrey David Thorn

62y · Male·urosepsis

…, a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and cerebral palsy, died from urosepsis following emergency urological surgery for a kidney stone. He presented to hospital with fever and restl…

emergency medicineurology
VIChospital2015-06-22

Finding into death of Stephen Robert Blom

45y · Male·Acute renal failure in the setting of urosepsis and San Filippo Syndrome

… early-onset dementia living in a community residential unit, died from acute renal failure secondary to urosepsis. He presented with urinary tract infection symptoms on 5 May 2014, was treated with antibiotics in the c…

general practiceemergency medicineantibiotics
VIChospital2024-12-05

Finding into death of Jannene Wilson

59y · Female·Urosepsis in the setting of multiple sclerosis

…-old NDIS participant with multiple sclerosis residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from urosepsis following hospital admission for abdominal pain and nausea. The coroner found no evidence of inadequate …

general medicineinfectious diseases
VIChospital2022-11-14

Finding into death of Gregory Bernard Duffy

55y · Male·Urosepsis and pneumonia, with contributing factor of Down syndrome

…year-old man with Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from urosepsis and pneumonia following recurrent urinary tract infections. He had multiple UTIs during 2020, with a doc…

infectious diseasesintensive careinsulin
VIChospital2016-06-14

Finding into death of Alan James Drake

58y · Male·Pneumonia and urosepsis in a man with multiple comorbidities including Down synd…

Alan James Drake, 58-year-old man with Down syndrome and multiple comorbidities, died of pneumonia and urosepsis. He presented to his GP on 16 July with suspected urinary tract infection, treated with oral antibiotics…

general practiceemergency medicine
VIChospital2024-08-02

Finding into death of Kevin Arthur Stanton

76y · Male·Urosepsis in a man with spastic quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and chron…

…bral palsy, epilepsy, and chronic kidney disease living in supported disability accommodation, died from urosepsis. He was admitted to Austin Hospital on 14 May 2024 (note: there is a discrepancy in the finding—the deat…

general medicineemergency medicine
SAhospital2003-04-24

Coroner's Finding: KERKMAN Johannes Leonardis Stephanes

75y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis secondary to hospital-acquired pneumonia

…o Royal Adelaide Hospital with cerebrovascular accident and white matter disease, subsequently developed urosepsis from urinary retention, then hospital-acquired pneumonia. The coroner found no concerns about the standa…

general medicineneurologyaspirin
VIChospital2025-08-17

Finding into death of Wayne Daniel Holland

61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…

Wayne Daniel Holland, aged 61, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesmetaraminol
SAhospital2022-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Esposito, Pasquale

76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis

…Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and recent stent placement. On 7 Febru…

cardiologyinfectious diseasesantibiotics
TAShospital2022-03-18

Coroner's Finding: Collis, Mary

73y · Female·pulmonary embolus

…fter becoming unconscious at home, found to be in hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) exacerbated by urosepsis, precipitated by cessation of diabetic medications and excess sugared drink intake. Despite intensive ca…

intensive carepsychiatry
VIChospital2012-08-15

Finding into death of Vanessa Jenner

38y · Female·Septicaemia, urosepsis, and Lennox Gastaut syndrome

…h severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy, died from septicaemia and urosepsis following a urinary tract infection. She presented with bruising to her thigh on 6 February 2011, but wa…

intensive caregeneral medicine
TAShospital2022-11-16

Coroner's Finding: Phillips, William Garnett

82y · Male·bronchopneumonia

…He was admitted to hospital only after police involvement was threatened. During admission, he developed urosepsis, acute renal impairment, and complications from a superficial stab wound sustained at home. He deteriora…

general practiceemergency medicinedelay
VICaged care2026-03-16

Finding into death of Michelle Anne Leiper

59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis complicating Alzheimer's dementia in setting …

…lle Anne Leiper, aged 59 with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis. She had significant dysphagia and was largely bedbound in her final years. After a February 2025 hospit…

geriatric medicinepalliative care
NSWhospital2022-08-17

Inquest into the death of Michael Quinn

31y · Male·sepsis due to urosepsis and pneumonia on a background of C3 incomplete tetrapleg…

Michael Quinn, a 31-year-old quadriplegic inmate, died from sepsis secondary to urosepsis and pneumonia. He had C3 incomplete tetraplegia from a self-inflicted stab wound in 2013 and was serving…

urologyinfectious diseases
VICcommunity2012-02-06

Finding into death of John Miklosowa

38y · Male·Urosepsis

John Miklosowa, a 38-year-old man with Down syndrome and severe intellectual disability, died from urosepsis after rapid deterioration at his residential facility on 28 March 2009. He had a permanent suprapubic ca…

general practiceurology
SA2021-11-25

Coroner's Finding: Hancott, Duncan John

56y · Male·urosepsis

Duncan John Hancott, aged 56, died in Mount Gambier Prison from urosepsis secondary to urinary tract infection caused by E. coli. He had significant comorbidities including hepat…

infectious diseaseshepatologydiagnosticamitriptyline
TAShospital2019-04-18

Coroner's Finding: Davis, Catherine Joy

31y · Female·urosepsis due to acute pyelonephritis

…ear-old woman with severe lissencephaly, intellectual impairment, epilepsy and cerebral palsy, died from urosepsis due to acute pyelonephritis. She presented to ED with vomiting and constipation on 16 January, was disch…

emergency medicinegeneral medicinediagnosticdelayoral antibiotics via peg tube

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