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260 results for hypoxic arrest

VICmental health2017

Finding into death of Trevor William Brown

49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …

Trevor William Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery throm…

psychiatryemergency medicinedroperidol
VIChome2013-08-23

Finding into death of Xavier Hart

4y · Male·hypoxic brain injury complicating out of hospital cardiac arrest (unknown cause)

…e and apnoeic at home on 21 December 2011. Despite immediate CPR and intensive resuscitation, he suffered hypoxic brain injury and died. The precipitating cause of his out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remained unknown des…

paediatricsemergency medicinedelay
SAhospital2005-08-30

Coroner's Finding: O'BRIEN Barbara Ann

57y · Female·right bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain damage secondary to cardiac arres…

…s was admitted to a psychiatric ward after detention under the Mental Health Act. She was found in cardiac arrest on 8 December 2001 and suffered severe hypoxic brain injury, dying from bronchopneumonia. While hypoglycae…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationclozapine
SAhospital2007-07-02

Coroner's Finding: VINER Robert John

58y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly

…received Olanzapine 5mg at 5:10pm and Clonazepam 1mg at 7:50pm and again at 12:58am. He suffered a cardiac arrest at approximately 5:25am on 29 July 2006. Post-mortem examination revealed cardiomegaly as the underlying c…

psychiatryemergency medicineolanzapine
SAhospital2012-11-15

Coroner's Finding: Butler Mark Andrew

49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest

…er, and shackled to bed. After freeing himself and being restrained by security staff, he suffered cardiac arrest with hypoxic brain injury and died. Contributing factors included failure to recognise cannabis withdrawal…

colorectal surgerypsychiatrydiagnosticmedicationfentanyl
VICcommunity2012-08-16

Finding into death of Janice King

45y · Female·Epilepsy

…ld woman with chronic epilepsy and intellectual disability died following a prolonged seizure with cardiac arrest at a supported accommodation facility. She was found fitting, became unresponsive and apnoeic with asystol…

intensive careemergency medicinesodium valproate
TAShospital2021-03-19

Coroner's Finding: Master T

3y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest, possibly secondary t…

Master T, aged 3 years, died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest, likely due to aspiration pneumonitis. He had severe c…

paediatricsintensive careparacetamol
VICmental health2024-08-09

Finding into death of Con Kostantinou

63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …

…te care including psychiatric reviews, a CT brain scan, and septic screen, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 while on the inpatient unit. Autopsy revealed hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary …

psychiatrygeneral medicinediazepam
VIC2017-05-25

Finding into death of ED

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 un…

psychiatryemergency medicinerisperidone
NSWhospital2019-12-20

Inquest into the death of Blair DALTON

35y · Female·hypoxic brain injury, with strangulation being an antecedent cause

Blair Dalton died from hypoxic brain injury following strangulation by her partner LP on 26 September 2017. She was resuscitated at the …

emergency medicineintensive care
QLD2013-09-11

Quartermain, Robert George

67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction

…ovided initial assistance; an ambulance was called at 11:24pm after a 14-minute delay. He suffered cardiac arrest, was resuscitated by paramedics, but remained comatose with significant hypoxic damage. He died at Rockham…

cardiologyintensive caredelay
WAhospital2018-03-07

Inquest into the Death of William Scott BARTLETT

36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…

…cation was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia. Autopsy revealed severe coro…

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
WAhospital2005-06-30

Inquest into the Death of Daniel Allan Sullivan

48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…

…nt identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desaturation and suffered a cardiac arrest on 15 June 2004, requiring resuscitation. Emergency laparotomy revealed ischaemic sigmoid colon which was …

emergency medicinegeneral surgeryclozapine
TAShospital2016-11-11

Coroner's Finding: Mr D

21y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest caused by methylamphetamine t…

A 21-year-old man died from hypoxic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest caused by methylamphetamine toxicity. He injected the drug at …

intensive careemergency medicinemethamphetamine
VIChome2012-08-16

Finding into death of LUCIA DI PIETRO

42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…

…ing forceps, but airway clearance took 2–3 minutes. Despite clearing the obstruction, she suffered cardiac arrest, was resuscitated with CPR and adrenaline, and intubated. Transferred to Austin Hospital ICU for therapeut…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAS2021-05-20

Coroner's Finding: Jones, Nathan John

36y · Male·Multiple organ failure and hypoxic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest from inj…

Nathan John Jones, aged 36, died from multiple organ failure and hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest after self-injecting methamphetamine. The substance was supplied …

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
TAShospital2015-07-29

Coroner's Finding: Hovington, Byron Russell

27y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamin…

A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamine toxicity. He engaged in a 3-day…

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
VIChospital2012-01-23

Finding into death of Elizabeth Maryanne Holley

52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…

…a known complication of antipsychotic use. After experiencing dizziness and collapse, she suffered cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She developed refractory seizures and hypoxic brain injury, dying…

psychiatryintensive careolanzapine
VIChospital2024-10-11

Finding into death of Baby L

1y · Female·Unascertained - cardiac arrest with brain swelling; neuropathology demonstrated …

…of death remains unascertained. Neuropathology revealed brain trauma (laceration to corpus callosum) with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, but whether this resulted from accidental trauma, non-accidental injury, or nat…

paediatricsforensic medicine
VIChospital2013-09-23

Finding into death of Anthony Ian Gaylard

56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest

…lard, a 56-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in residential care, suffered a cardiac arrest on 14 September 2012 (note: document states 2007 in one place, 2012 elsewhere; finding date is 21 Septembe…

cardiologyneurology
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