6 results for “acute organic brain syndrome”
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…to RAH. He absconded after 24 hours, returning to the community in a delirious state due to sepsis-induced acute organic brain syndrome. He was appropriately detained under the Mental Health Act to ensure treatment, re-…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
…, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 1970. This injury caused chronic brain damage and progressive mental health deterioration requiring lifelong institutional care. In April 2004, h…
Unknown·Multiple causes including neck compression due to hanging (Ward, Ryan, Cooper) a…
…ile intoxicated with petrol; Kunmanara Ken died from exposure in context of severe petrol-sniffing-induced brain damage after inadequate police search; Kunmanara Ryan died by hanging with depression but receiving reason…
75y · Male·pneumonia complicating chronic renal and cardiac failure, vascular dementia and …
A 75-year-old man with chronic cardiac and renal failure, vascular dementia, and COPD died of pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act at Flinders Medical Centre. He was admitted with chest pain and remained …
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
John Henry Colbert, a 55-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, Wernicke's encephalitis and cirrhosis, was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital's ICU following a seizure. He was transferred to Ward 4A on 14 October 2002 and …
64y · Male·Acute traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to single penetrating injury …
A 64-year-old man with schizophrenia was fatally stabbed in the eye by his roommate at a supported residential services facility. The roommate had a 12-year history of making specific threats to kill, including eye-pokin…
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