Coronial

77 results for secondary hypoxic injury

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
VIChospital2025-08-18

Finding into death of B T

53y · Male·Complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug toxicity (methylam…

…T, a 53-year-old man with substance use disorder and mental health conditions, died from complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug toxicity (methylamphetamine, benzodiazepines, metonitazene). He inje…

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
NSWcommunity2012-12-14

Raymond cho findings

Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to anaphylaxis caused by walnut ingestion

Raymond Cho, a secondary school student with a known walnut allergy, died of hypoxic brain injury following anaphylaxis at Royal …

emergency medicineintensive caredelaysystem
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
VIChospital2025-04-30

Finding into death of Anthony Dzaja

44y · Male·Complications following seizure on a background of acquired epilepsy; acquired b…

Anthony Dzaja, aged 44, died from complications of seizures secondary to acquired brain injury sustained in a 1997 motor vehicle accident. He had progressively deteriorated o…

neurologypalliative caremidazolam
VIChospital2014-07-16

Finding into death of Justin Christopher Piotrowski

37y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest as a result of bowel volvulus

…ntellectual disability, autism, and Hirschsprung's disease living in supported residential care died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest caused by bowel volvulus. He had presented to hospital two weeks…

emergency medicinesurgerycalcium
VIChospital2021-05-31

Finding into death of Ms Jane

13y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to gamma hydroxybutyrate toxicity

Jane, aged 13, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity following accidental overdose.…

emergency medicineintensive caregamma hydroxybutyrate
VIChospital2012-07-03

Finding into death of Pruseyus Lily Sharp

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 prese…

paediatricsneonatologydelay
VIC2012-01-24

Finding into death of Dominique Cupsa

3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury

A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complications of…

paediatricsneurosurgerycommunicationdiagnostic
VICmental health2024-08-09

Finding into death of Con Kostantinou

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

…en, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 while on the inpatient unit. Autopsy revealed hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest but could not definitively establish the cause of ar…

psychiatrygeneral medicinediazepam
VIChospital2018-06-22

Finding into death of Liaqat Ali Hamid Kayani

44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity

A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression,…

emergency medicineintensive careheroin
TAShome2022-11-11

Coroner's Finding: KL

31y · Male·global hypoxic brain injury secondary to positional asphyxia following an epilep…

KL, a 31-year-old male with longstanding epilepsy, died from global hypoxic brain injury caused by positional asphyxia following an epileptic seizure at home on 26 April 2019. He fe…

neurologyemergency medicineanti-epileptic medications
VIChome2024-12-09

Finding into death of Baby LA

0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to an out of hospital cardiac arrest second…

…upervision. He was found unresponsive by his aunt and underwent prolonged resuscitation, suffering severe hypoxic brain injury. Despite intensive care management including neuroprotection, chest drain insertion for pneu…

paediatricsintensive caresystemadrenaline
VIChome2018-11-15

Finding into death of Timothy Aghan

52y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating traumatic asphyxia due to external…

A 52-year-old man died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following traumatic asphyxia when a vehicle he was working under fell on him. Wh…

emergency medicineintensive caresystem
VIC2014-10-02

Finding into death of Jayson Peter Hawkins

37y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction

Jayson Peter Hawkins, 37 years old, died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction while on remand at Melbourne Assessment Prison in December 2…

emergency medicineintensive caresystemprocedural
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…

…ically resected. Despite successful surgery, the prolonged hypoxia from cardiac arrest resulted in severe hypoxic brain injury. He remained in ICU with minimal neurological recovery and was extubated on 20 June 2004, dy…

emergency medicinegeneral surgeryclozapine
TAShospital2020-04-23

Coroner's Finding: Hyde, Zachary Tyler

20y · Male·diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating exsanguination and cardiac arrest seco…

Zachary Tyler Hyde, aged 20, died from diffuse hypoxic brain injury following exsanguination and cardiac arrest caused by a stab wound to the left femoral arter…

trauma surgeryintensive care
VICcommunity2017-05-08

Finding into death of David Leslie Chapman

39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury

…slie Chapman, age 39, collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health conditions …

emergency medicineintensive careheroin
VIChome2012-11-28

Finding into death of Justin Michael Galligan

16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…

Justin Galligan, aged 16, died from hypoxic brain injury due to a skull fracture and extradural haemotoma caused by a single punch at a teenage party…

neurosurgeryemergency medicinedelaycommunication
TAS2015-10-26

Coroner's Finding: Mr B

39y · Male·hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to crush injury of chest and abdomen

…k and fell on him. Co-workers rescued him and commenced CPR; he was transported to hospital but died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage. This wholly preventable death highlights critical safety practice: jack stands mu…

procedural

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