9 results for “first-time seizure”
28y · Female·acute streptococcus pneumonia meningitis with left-sided otitis media as anteced…
…t developed from a middle ear infection. She presented to Bankstown Hospital Emergency Department with a first-time seizure, fever, severe headache and ear pain. Despite multiple clear danger signs and repeated nursing e…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
…le accident. An EEG ordered to exclude organic causes showed very abnormal findings suggestive of partial seizure focus. Despite this critical result, the psychiatric team did not urgently consult neurology before disch…
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
…lcoholism, 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 classified as highest-risk for falls under the "Fal…
7y · Female·Pneumonia complicating a viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effe…
Child ML, aged 7, died of pneumonia complicating viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effect. She had severe cerebral palsy with complex care needs including PEJ tube feeding and multiple medications. At th…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
Mitchell Follent, 22, died by fall from a third-floor balcony five days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired b…
36y · Male·bronchial asthma
Nathan Reynolds, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with severe asthma, died from bronchial asthma in prison on 1 September 2018. His death exposed critical failings in both immediate emergency response and chronic disease man…
41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
Colin Parker, aged 41, suffered an unwitnessed fall with head injury while experiencing syncope from atrial fibrillation in early May 2014. He was admitted to Campbelltown Hospital but his serious intracranial pathology …
36y · Male·Undetermined; three possible mechanisms identified: oversedation with vomiting a…
…th was undetermined, with three possible mechanisms: oversedation with aspiration, cardiac arrhythmia, or seizure. A significant systemic deficiency was identified: nursing staff failed to comply with mandatory monitori…
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison shortly after being sentenced to 12 month…
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