10 results for “anticoagulation-related intracranial bleeding”
75y · Male·acute right subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall
…rring to hospital would have been reasonable. The case highlights the clinical challenge of identifying intracranial bleeding in anticoagulated elderly patients presenting with apparently normal neurological findings, an…
77y · Female·Subdural haematoma secondary to blunt head trauma (head-strike)
…tient of her only chance of survival. Key lessons: never assume minor head injury presentation excludes intracranial bleeding in anticoagulated patients; ensure senior clinicians are aware of medication history; follow i…
48y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage on a background of anticoagulation therapy for a recen…
…e recurrence and psychiatric decompensation. However, anticoagulation carried known risk of intracerebral bleeding. Days after clinical improvement, she suffered a fatal spontaneous brain bleed—an unavoidable complicatio…
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
A 62-year-old woman on warfarin for a mechanical aortic valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extradural haematoma, but the radiologist (Dr J.) failed to report it, …
80y · Female·acute subdural haematoma following a fall while on warfarin for atrial fibrillat…
Mrs Bowerman, aged 80, fell at home on warfarin anticoagulation and sustained a minor head injury with no initial neurological signs. Paramedic Turnbull assessed her as requiring no transport (TNR), despite her anticoagu…
84y · Female·acute left subdural haematoma
…ld be referred to hospital for assessment and CT scanning. This case illustrates the particular risk of intracranial bleeding in anticoagulated elderly patients with dementia, where cerebral atrophy delays symptom recogn…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
…atoma and DVT. An IVC filter was inserted to manage the DVT without anticoagulation (contraindicated by intracranial bleeding). He developed seizures and died on 10 December. The coroner found the aged care facility's fa…
90y · Female·Right acute on chronic subdural haematoma sustained in a fall in the setting of …
A 90-year-old woman on warfarin for atrial fibrillation suffered an unwitnessed fall with head strike at an aged care facility. She presented to hospital where a small subdural haemorrhage was not detected on initial CT …
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
…ir failed within 24 hours, leading to contamination, aspiration pneumonia, ARDS, necrotising fasciitis, intracranial bleeding during anticoagulation, and death. Both surgeries involved extensive adhesiolysis. Expert evid…
55y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (r…
A 55-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage renal disease, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and COPD died from a spontaneous subdural haematoma while undergoing haemodialysis in prison custody. He presented with headach…
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