35 results for “severe headache”
46y · Female·brain swelling and dural venous thrombosis in association with low grade glioma …
… thrombosis associated with a low-grade glioma. She presented to Albany Hospital on 10 October 2005 with a severe, different headache characterized by pulsatile pain, photophobia, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Dr G.…
12y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to ventriculo-peritoneal shunt blockage
… 12-year-old girl with congenital hydrocephalus and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt presented to the ED with severe unrelieved headache after head trauma. An inexperienced junior doctor (6 weeks in role, minimal neurosurgi…
41y · Female·complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm
…cal assessment occurred across four consultations. On 6 December 2022, Ms Lowe presented with sudden-onset severe headache and three hours of vomiting—a presentation consistent with possible subarachnoid haemorrhage that…
33y · Male·acute hydrocephalus following ventricular blockage by a colloid cyst
…caused by a colloid cyst in the brain while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. He had complained of severe, recurring headaches for months before his fatal seizure. The coroner found that while the cause of death …
77y · Female·Large acute subdural haemorrhage leading to uncal herniation subsequent to an ac…
…appeared uninjured with normal neurological examination. However, she developed breathing difficulties and severe headache hours later, which were attributed to pre-existing pulmonary disease. A dilated pupil at 4:25am p…
16y · Male·Bacterial meningitis
…ng misdiagnosed with gastroenteritis at a general practice. He presented with a 3-day history of vomiting, severe headache, and fever. The GP recorded a borderline temperature (37°C) and concluded gastroenteritis, prescr…
34y · Male·Acute intracranial haemorrhage, malignant hypertension, renal artery stenosis
…renal artery stenosis died from acute intracranial haemorrhage while in prison custody. He presented with headache and hypertension on 13 June, was transferred to hospital, diagnosed with bilateral renal artery stenosis …
56y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage whilst undergoing intravenous heparin therapy
A 56-year-old woman presented to Knox Private Hospital with severe headache and eye symptoms on 16 June 2007. An ED physician diagnosed ischaemic stroke based on a subtle CT…
17y · Male·bacterial meningitis
…ions in Yuendumu over four days. The critical failure occurred on 1 April when fever (38.3°C), persistent headache, and positive urinalysis were assessed only by a nurse without physician input, despite availability of a…
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
…led the injury, attributing it to a fall, and did not seek medical attention for 9 days despite worsening headache. When she presented to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency Department on 29 January with severe headac…
41y · Male·Subdural haematoma
…ld Aboriginal man with excessive alcohol use presented four times to a rural hospital over one month with headaches. His symptoms were attributed to cluster migraine, then alcohol withdrawal syndrome, despite concerning …
44y · Male·Sepsis and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating a ruptured cerebral artery aneur…
…hage (SAH). On 16 December 2004, his GP Dr H. referred him urgently for CT head to exclude SAH after acute severe headache and neck stiffness. At Modbury Hospital ED on 16 December, a staff member inappropriately told th…
20y · Male·sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP); right frontal lobe epidermal cyst …
…-old man with a history of seizures and a previously resected frontal lobe cyst presented to hospital with severe headaches. Despite his significant medical history of epilepsy and prior neurosurgery, he was discharged t…
32y · Male·Cerebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
…rebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome while receiving intermittent haemodialysis for severe lithium toxicity and acute kidney injury. Key preventable failures included: his GP prescribed lithium at …
43y · Male·Acute bacterial meningitis
…ribed doxycycline). The coroner found Dr S.'s management appropriate: meningitis presented atypically (no headache, neck stiffness, or fever at consultations), mimicking musculoskeletal or occupational disease. Diagnosti…
76y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
… injury, failing to review his medication chart, consult applicable guidelines, or escalate to hospital. A severe headache (9.5/10) after a fall with head trauma in an anticoagulated elderly patient warranted urgent hosp…
19y · Male·acute bacterial meningitis with secondary cerebritis (meningococcus)
Adam Fabre, a 19-year-old with fever, severe headache, neck pain, muscle pain (10/10), vomiting, tachycardia and blanching rash, presented to Casey Hos…
50y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Allen Burke, a 50-year-old Aboriginal man in custody, died from acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. On the morning of his death, he reported headache, vomiting, and sore throat. Nu…
18y · Male·rupture of a left frontal cerebral abscess
…ed by sinus infection. Craig was admitted on remand in early October 2010 and presented with intermittent headaches, vomiting, eye swelling, and flu-like symptoms over several weeks. On the weekend preceding his death (2…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
… atherosclerosis, and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital with severe headache and neck pain. He experienced two falls during his hospital stay (one in the bathroom, one near h…
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