13 results for “hepatic laceration”
43y · Male·Incised right radial artery
Bradley Scott, a 43-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and hepatic cirrhosis, died from exsanguination following an incised right radial artery. After consuming significant…
16y · Male·transection of the liver and laceration of the inferior vena cava sustained in a…
A 16-year-old male died from transection of the liver and inferior vena cava laceration sustained in a quad bike accident. He was riding a single-rider ATV with a pillion passenger when he ent…
80y · Male·Pneumonia, with multi-organ failure in the form of liver failure (due to chronic…
…onic hepatitis C with cirrhosis, ischaemic heart disease, and a history of falls due to poor mobility and hepatic encephalopathy. After a fall on 14 July 2014, he was admitted to hospital where his condition rapidly det…
33y · Male·Haemoperitoneum secondary to lacerated spleen as a result of peritoneal ascitic …
…re alcoholic liver disease (Child-Pugh C) and poor prognosis died from haemoperitoneum following splenic laceration during a diagnostic ascitic tap procedure. Two junior doctors (HMOs/Basic Physician Trainees) performed …
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
… a stationary car on the Maroondah Highway. She sustained T10 vertebral fracture, multiple rib fractures, hepatic lacerations, and sternal fracture. Subsequent MRI revealed multiple brain infarcts (strokes), which signi…
35y · Male·Multiple injuries from a fall from height (level 8 of multi-level car park at 10…
A 35-year-old lawyer died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a car park at 10 Latrobe Street, Melbourne at approximately 11:10pm on 28 May 2008. The coroner concluded that while evidence was consistent with …
45y · Male·multiple injuries sustained from a 25-metre fall down an unprotected stope when …
A 45-year-old experienced loader operator died when his vehicle fell 25 metres down an unprotected underground stope while attempting to place a rock bund at its edge. The incident occurred due to multiple contributing f…
Female·Chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
Vanessa Claire Hayward died from massive chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. An unlicensed driver, traveling at 77-80 km/h in a 50 km/h zone in an unroadworthy vehicle with defective tyre…
30y · Female·Chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident
Paige Jones, aged 30, died from severe chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. The critical issue was whether she was the rider or passenger. While Mr White (her partner) consistently claimed he was…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…d staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He presented with fever and chest pain but was initially misdiagnosed as having viral infection. Follow…
18y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to closed chest trauma
Daniel Madeley, 18-year-old apprentice toolmaker, died from respiratory failure secondary to closed chest trauma after being entangled in a Soviet-era horizontal boring machine at his workplace in June 2004. The machine …
20y · Female·multi-organ failure due to polypharmacy overdose
A 20-year-old woman with depression and borderline personality disorder died from multi-organ failure following a large polypharmacy overdose (13 grams of paracetamol among 78 tablets). She was admitted to the ED where i…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
Micky Craig Revera, a 40-year-old man with chronic heroin addiction, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 18 February 2019 from unascertained causes. He was arrested on 12 February after erratic driving, underwent poli…
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