6 results for “computed_tomography_brain”
42y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; cardiac arrest; cardiomegaly
A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a mental health community care unit. He had been admitted voluntarily for alcohol rehabilitat…
38y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis due to promethazin…
Elizabeth Jean Hanlon, aged 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis following a promethazine overdose. She had complex mental health diagnoses including borderline personality disorder…
4y · Female·Drowning
A 4-year-old girl from an Afghan refugee family drowned in Lysterfield Lake after entering the water during a brief lapse of supervision. She was unable to swim and had not received water safety education. Despite immedi…
Male·out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and…
Lewis Walter Ward, a Ngarinyin man in his early thirties, died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while playing sport at West Kimberley Regional Prison. He had Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and was a smo…
64y · Male·Left-sided intracerebral haemorrhage associated with deep brain stimulator wire …
A 64-year-old man died from intracerebral haemorrhage along a deep brain stimulator wire tract four days after elective neurosurgery for essential tremor. He was readmitted on day 4 with suspected stroke and started on t…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
An 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities suffered a fall at home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant ne…
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