350 results for “encephalopathy”
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
Jarrod Wright, a 42-year-old man admitted with cellulitis, developed sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring ICU care with non-invasive ventilation. Critical failures occurred in managing his …
42y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy in the setting of recent acute myocardial infarction with…
Ruben Chand, a 42-year-old male, suffered a fatal hypoxic brain injury during emergency re-intubation in ICU. After an initially reasonable extubation decision, he deteriorated and required urgent re-intubation. The proc…
42y · Female·Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with antecedent cause being self-caused near mis…
Tania Pauline Lioulios, a 42-year-old psychologist, died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following a self-inflicted hanging in a Corrective Services transport vehicle on 4 July 2008. She had …
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
…sica Higgins, a 33-year-old woman with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following mixed drug toxicity. She underwent a ketamine infusion with opioid rotation from oxycodone t…
2y · Unknown·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following sepsis related to abdominal surgical …
…nal child with complex needs from a genetic disorder (CAMTA1 mutation) who died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following sepsis related to bowel perforation after a percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy (PEG-J…
6y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia
HC was a neonate who died at 6 days old from global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia. He was born following an emergency caesarean section for obstructed labour and fetal distress. Key clinical lessons …
22y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
Christopher Ritson, a 22-year-old with severe alcohol and polysubstance dependence (ICE, cannabis), depression, anxiety and social phobia, died by suicide via hanging on 17 March 2020, four days after discharge from hosp…
22y · Male·acute blood loss from incised injuries to left forearm
Simon Smith, a 22-year-old with end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis and complex comorbidities, died by suicide during hospitalization. Despite multiple psychiatric assessments finding he had capacity to make treat…
Tate Spencer-Koch: intrapartum hypoxia due to shoulder dystocia; Jahli Hobbs: in…
…ould likely have enabled timely intervention. Tully Kavanagh (second twin) died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by placental abruption; he was delivered after an 80-minute delay, en route to hospital. All th…
26y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and bronchopneumonia in a woman with methylamph…
Ms Cherdeena Wynne, a 26-year-old Noongar Yamatji woman, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and bronchopneumonia following cardiac arrest during police restraint on Albany Highway. She was intox…
45y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to prolonged hypoxia
A 45-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiopulmonary arrest 11 hours after elective wrist plate removal surgery. Multiple contrib…
34y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following laparoscopic bariatric surgery with i…
Andrea Lambropoulos, a 34-year-old man with morbid obesity, sleep apnoea, and ischaemic heart disease, died following sleeve gastrectomy. He was admitted to HDU rather than ICU post-operatively. In HDU, he experienced re…
56y · Male·Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)
Phillip John Wust, a 56-year-old prisoner with chronic hepatitis C and cirrhosis, died from hepatocellular carcinoma. Serial imaging from 2018-2019 showed cirrhosis but no evidence of cancer until December 2019 when he p…
40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy and epilepsy with diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma within t…
…ality disorder, and recent seizures, died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 16 March 2008 from hypoxic encephalopathy caused by cardiac arrest following an epileptic seizure while in remand custody at Adelaide Women's Pr…
39y · Male·Hypoxic/Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism
Phillip Ibrahim, a 39-year-old man recovering well from community-acquired pneumonia in ICU, suffered a fatal cerebral air embolism on 28 October 2014. A CVAD removal order was given at midday but the device remained in …
2y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and subsequent multi-organ failure
Sebastian Hewitt, born at 36 weeks gestation following maternal ante-partum haemorrhage and abnormal CTG traces, died from perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and multi-organ failure at 3 days old. Critical cli…
65y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
James Nicholson, aged 65, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a suicide attempt by hanging while an inpatient at Noarlunga Hospital on 18 August 2015. He …
35y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to vertebro…
A 35-year-old woman presented to a rural hospital with a three-day history of collapses, slurred speech, vomiting, and abnormal eye movements. A non-contrast CT head scan was normal, and she was discharged with a diagnos…
19y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy as a result of attempted hanging
A 19-year-old woman with psychosis and depression died from hypoxic encephalopathy following attempted hanging while in involuntary psychiatric admission. She was on R15 (15-minute) obs…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
A 10-month-old boy died following elective cleft palate repair surgery complicated by post-operative respiratory distress and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial laryngospasm led to suspected post-obstructive pu…
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