7 results for “cortical infarction”
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with epilepsy
Hussan Rushton, a 29-year-old man with epilepsy, spastic quadriplegia, dysphasia and cortical blindness in full-time residential care, died from bronchopneumonia. He returned from an outing appearing…
64y · Female·complications following a fractured neck of femur and mandible from a fall
Deborah Smith, a 64-year-old woman with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died from complications of a fractured femur and mandible sustained in a fall from a fence at Quest Apa…
67y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis of the left leg
Kathleen Mary Savage, a 67-year-old woman with profound intellectual disability, died from pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis following a 13-day hospital admission for constipation and sepsis. She collaps…
33y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure secondary to thrombosis of the superior sagittal, t…
…nt died on 30 August from raised intracranial pressure secondary to sagittal sinus thrombosis and venous infarction. Early diagnosis and heparin therapy could have reduced mortality from 69% to 15%. Clinicians failed to …
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities includi…
0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage
Pruseyus Sharp was a 39-day-old neonate who died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage caused by picornavirus infection. She presented with severe apnoea and minimal preceding symptom…
5y · Female·Cerebral hypoxic and ischaemic injury in a setting of clinical birth asphyxia
Chloe Kellett was born at 39 weeks gestation after induction of labour for rupture of membranes and group B streptococcus positivity. She was delivered by forceps in theatre for a non-reassuring cardiotocogram (CTG) trac…
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