48
Total cases
67%
Preventable or possibly preventable
77%
With coroner recommendations
56%
Escalation failure identified
Specialty tagging, error classification, and clinical flags are AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies. Always refer to the original finding.
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
Kyle Gallagher, age 22, died from airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and chondronecrosis following a motorcycle accident. A CT scan on 13 July 2023 showed a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspe…
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…
32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…
A 32-year-old woman with Sponastrime Dysplasia (a rare genetic bone disorder) died during elective bariatric surgery. She had undiagnosed subglottic stenosis (airway narrowing) and tracheobronchomalacia. Critical clinica…
70y · Male·complications arising from craniofacial resection and orbital exenteration for r…
A 70-year-old man died following complex craniofacial resection and orbital exenteration for right sinonasal adenocarcinoma. Multiple surgical complications occurred including carotid artery injury, cerebral infarction, …
1y · Female·Multiple injuries (subdural clot, multiple rib fractures, injuries to liver, blo…
A 20-month-old girl died from fatal injuries inflicted by her mother's partner. She presented to hospital twice in two weeks with suspicious injuries: facial injuries on 7 June attributed to a puppy, and more extensive f…
52y · Male·end-stage throat cancer
Lincoln Campbell, a 52-year-old Aboriginal man with terminal throat cancer, disappeared from Kununurra Hospital on 24 December 2005 while receiving palliative care. He had a PEG feeding tube, required regular morphine an…