350 results for “encephalopathy”
18y · Male·Hypoglycaemic hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to massive liver necrosis, d…
An 18-year-old remand prisoner died from acute liver failure secondary to Hepatitis B and C infection. He presented with fever and malaise on 15 February but was assessed only for boils and not thoroughly evaluated. Clin…
6y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to drowning
A 6-year-old boy in foster care drowned in a backyard pool after removing his flotation device while his carer was distracted by a visitor. The carer, sitting on a veranda rather than in the pool enclosure as usual, was …
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
A 69-year-old woman admitted to Hornsby Hospital with seizures and subacute encephalopathy developed rapidly fluctuating mental state including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and cogni…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich brought by his wife during a supervised hospital meal. He had been admitted with wor…
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 that injury while in state care. Medical evidence indicated high-impact head …
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
Mrs Le Hue Huynh, 46, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbou…
0y · Male·Complications of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to recurrent episode…
…ustained multiple cardiac arrests before arriving at Sydney Children's Hospital with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and ultimately died from irreversible brain injury. Key lessons: early recognition that vomiting despi…
4y · Male·perinatal asphyxia
Bradley Piper was born prematurely (34 weeks) at Kilmore Hospital on 22 January 2007 and died from perinatal asphyxia. Expert evidence established that the hypoxic-ischaemic insult occurred before the last hour of labour…
55y · Male·Complications of traumatic head injury sustained in a workplace incident (pallia…
…njuries including intracranial haemorrhage and cerebral oedema, progressing to fatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. At the time of his death, there were no published industry standards specifically addressing securing…
32y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Chloe Jane Campbell, aged 32, died by suicide while an involuntary inpatient with borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and chronic suicidal ideation. She was admitted 18-30 April 2019 after ceasing medications …
78y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a result of obstruction of airway caused by …
A 78-year-old woman died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following an acute post-surgical arterial bleed that obstructed her airway after hemithyroidectomy. Th…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
…n Carroll, age 21, died on 8 June 2007 in the ICU at Royal Perth Hospital from acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that day (5 June) after orthopaedic…
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Riley Krol, a 11-day-old male infant, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following emergency caesarean section delivery on 1 March 2005. After artificial rupture of membranes …
11y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and small bowel necrosis with perforation, in a boy with multic…
Child MML was an Aboriginal boy born in April 2010 who suffered catastrophic abusive head trauma at eight months old in December 2010, causing severe lifelong neurological impairment including cerebral palsy, uncontrolle…
16y · Female·consequences of acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy
Jessica-Lee Dennis, aged 16, died from acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy on 7 May 2004. She presented with progressive nocturnal cough and wheezing over six weeks starting Sep…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
…erson review. She was found unresponsive on 27 May with severe hypoxia and died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Critical failures included: ambiguous communication between doctors via text message without document…
83y · Female·Hyponatraemic encephalopathy due to adverse effects of citaprolam and duloxetine…
An 83-year-old woman with pre-existing SIADH-related chronic hyponatraemia died from hyponatraemic encephalopathy following antidepressant therapy. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of accessing p…
48y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep ve…
…ient collapsed with pulmonary embolism on return to the rural hospital and died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. The coroner found that timely VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis would have significantly optimised …
56y · Male·complications of viral hepatitis related advanced-chronic liver disease
Russell Graham Penny, 56, a Noongar man, died from advanced liver disease with hepatocellular carcinoma while in prison custody. With chronic hepatitis C from intravenous drug use, Russell had developed cirrhosis and was…
80y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating terminal palliative care in an elderly man with ch…
Aurelio Monterlegre Cruz, an 80-year-old man with complex medical conditions including chronic renal failure, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and COPD, died of bronchopneumonia complicating terminal palliative care wh…
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