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0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Riley Krol, a 11-day-old male infant, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following emergency caesarean section delivery on 1 March 2005. After artificial rupture of membranes during labour induction, the foetus d…
14y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide)
Gabrielle Mia Tedeschi, a 14-year-old girl with longstanding oppositional and self-harm behaviours and subsequent depression, died by suicide on 14 October 2004 following a ligature compression injury sustained on 11 Oct…
1y · Female·sudden unexpected death in infancy due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with …
Arisa Huber, a newborn, died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with her exhausted mother in a postnatal ward. The infant was found without breathing or pulse at 6:45am…
9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)
Dwayne Michael Jones, aged 9, had Trisomy 10, a rare congenital chromosomal disorder causing severe developmental delay and neurological abnormalities. On 11 April 2000, he fell from a computer desk and struck his head. …
0y · Male·undetermined; possible drug effect, hypoxia, or asphyxia; methylamphetamine expo…
Felix Jake Stiller-Smith, a 37-day-old infant, died on 6 February 2003 while co-sleeping with his mother. The cause of death remained undetermined at autopsy, though heavy, congested internal organs suggested possible dr…
13y · Female·cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to extensive subdural empyema
Elly McCarthy, a 13-year-old girl, died from cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to subdural empyema. She developed fever, headache and neurological symptoms on 24 January 2004 and was initially seen at a GP and Noa…
2y · Female·septicaemia
Zena Stevens, a 2.5-year-old Aboriginal girl, died from septicemia at Tennant Creek Hospital on 14 January 2005. She had presented to clinic on 11 January with fever, purulent ears and a recently lanced abscess after rec…
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…
15y · Male·compression of the neck by hanging
A 15-year-old Aboriginal male, Johnno Wurramarrba, from Groote Eylandt died by hanging in Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre on 10 February 2000, while serving a 28-day sentence for property offences. Key preventable fac…
0y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to prolonged fetal bradycardia
Jayden Tyler Trimboli, aged 6 days, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by a prolonged fetal bradycardia episode between 11:10pm and 11:50pm on 18 September 1998. The critical failure was that the cardiotoc…
0y · Male·severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to uterine rupture
Baby AM died from severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to uterine rupture during a planned home vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). The mother, Ms M, was 40 weeks and 5 days pregnant, attended by a private…
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