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20y · Male·anoxic brain injury following cardio-respiratory arrest caused by hypoxia result…
A 20-year-old male died from anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by hypoxia resulting from tracheostomy tube occlusion. After motor vehicle trauma, he underwent surgery and was eventually transferred to a…
48y · Male·Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke) caused by subdural haemorrhage, which resulted…
Peter Wiryal, 48, was struck by a white van driven by an intoxicated Daniel Johnson along George Crescent, Fannie Bay at approximately 12:30am on 4 April 2003. He was discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital on 4 April afte…
25y · Male·cerebral craniopharyngioma
Gregory Andrew Furniss, a 25-year-old male with a history of asthma and congenital cataracts, presented to Swan District Hospital on 11 August 2002 with a persistent headache. He was seen by Dr H. (registrar) who diagnos…
12y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to ventriculo-peritoneal shunt blockage
A 12-year-old girl with congenital hydrocephalus and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt presented to the ED with severe unrelieved headache after head trauma. An inexperienced junior doctor (6 weeks in role, minimal neurosurg…
33y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure secondary to thrombosis of the superior sagittal, t…
A 33-year-old woman presented with acute neurological symptoms (headaches, weakness, slurred speech, seizures) on 26 August 2000. Initial CT imaging showed focal haemorrhage with oedema; repeat CT after 50 minutes showed…
56y · Female·subarachnoid haemorrhage complicating berry aneurysm of the right middle cerebra…
Margaret Joyce Taylor, aged 56, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm on the right middle cerebral artery. She presented to three medical practitioners over 6 days with progressive occipit…
26y · Male·Closed head injury with extradural and subdural haemorrhage resulting from a sku…
26-year-old Marcio Jose Lay Nheu died from a closed head injury with extradural haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head with a Maglite torch at Karama Shopping Centre. He was struck by Rodney Foster during an altercatio…
69y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis and shock with multi-organ failure following intestinal p…
A 69-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis and multi-organ failure following a perforated caecum that occurred after lumbar spine surgery. Post-operatively, she developed abdominal distension and pain initially…
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