Coronial

5 results for brain coning

ACThospital1989-12-22

Inquest Into The Circumstances Surrounding The Death Of Alex Nicholas Mersiades

3y · Male·cerebral oedema which caused coning at the base of the brain, caused by post-ope…

…ssful, but severe hyponatraemia developed in the early hours of 24 April 1988, causing cerebral oedema and brain herniation. Death occurred 25 April 1988. The coroner found the death was caused by failure to monitor ser…

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SAhospital2009-03-18

Coroner's Finding: COX Ricky Glen

17y · Male·refractory status epilepticus caused by either a viral infection, an underlying …

…sferred to hospital. Despite trials of 8 anticonvulsants and induced coma, his seizures persisted, causing brain swelling, coning, and brain death. No clinical mismanagement was identified in hospital care or initial ED…

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SAhospital2006-09-25

Coroner's Finding: McCARTHY Elly Sarahnia

13y · Female·cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to extensive subdural empyema

…re was 13-15 when she left Flinders, with a normal clinical trajectory. However, she suffered catastrophic brain herniation (coning) shortly after being loaded into the ambulance. Student ambulance officer DeLyster fail…

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WAhome2007-09-14

Inquest into the Death of Jones Coronial

9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)

…d, it revealed a massive epidural haematoma. Emergency surgery was attempted but Dwayne died from cerebral coning. The coroner found the critical failure was delayed CT imaging. Early neurological imaging on 11 April wou…

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SAhospital2008-08-15

Coroner's Finding: EDWARDS Natasha Anne

31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…

…sented with acute onset headache, dizziness, vomiting, facial numbness and speech difficulties. Initial CT brain showed equivocal left temporal hypodensity. Dr B. diagnosed acute migraine/benign positional vertigo and o…

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