79 results for “CT head imaging”
77y · Female·Subdural haematoma secondary to blunt head trauma (head-strike)
… 77-year-old woman on warfarin for atrial fibrillation presented to Sandringham Hospital after striking her head on a wall. Despite being on anticoagulation therapy, no CT scan was performed, and she was discharged after…
73y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
…rtension, presented to rural emergency department with sudden onset severe abdominal pain while turning his head. Clinical findings were atypical: he appeared calm, had relatively normal vital signs (BP 110/65), and urin…
77y · Male·Subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage post head trauma secondary to a fall
…age following a fall at an aged care facility. He fell on 29 March and again on 30 March 2015, striking his head. Initial assessment by a locum GP found no head injury evidence and neurological observations were ceased. …
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
A 62-year-old woman on warfarin for a mechanical aortic valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extradural haematoma, but the radiolo…
44y · Male·Sepsis and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating a ruptured cerebral artery aneur…
…neurysm with subarachnoid haemorrhage (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 sta…
72y · Male·cerebral malignancy (glioblastoma multiforme)
…r 2020 during a routine medical appointment in prison. Prison staff appropriately called an ambulance; CT imaging identified three intracerebral lesions. He was promptly transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where MRI …
69y · Female·left pontine haemorrhage with re-bleeding associated with hypertensive vascular …
…woman died from left pontine haemorrhage with re-bleeding. On 2 February 2010, her GP referred her for a CT head scan after she reported two weeks of slurred speech. The scan on 11 February revealed a pontine mass (haemo…
62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)
…tric Unit. While supervised in the courtyard, he suddenly stopped walking then fell backwards, striking his head on concrete. He suffered an acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull. Despite rapid emergency respons…
83y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall
Sidney Bedford, aged 83, fell on his driveway at home on 30 October 2015 and suffered a head injury while on warfarin anticoagulation therapy. He was transported to Launceston General Hospital where a…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma due to recent head trauma in the context of …
…e was placed on 15-minute observations due to Level 3 falls risk. Over several weeks, he sustained multiple head injuries from falls and altercations with other patients, including hits to his head on 1 and 2 February 20…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
…osclerosis, 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 his bed…
1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
Chloe Murphy, an 11-month-old girl, died from severe head injuries on 5 December 2010 after being left in the care of a babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December. Medic…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
…l haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head injury. He had mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia diagnosed in August 2013, was prone to falls, and wa…
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
…A CT scan confirmed acute subdural haematoma. The neurosurgical registrar advised observation with repeat imaging in 24 hours rather than urgent transfer. The coroner found this advice incorrect: anticoagulated patients…
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
…3 showed a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspected chondronecrosis, which an experienced head and neck radiologist reported to the on-call ENT junior doctor. The ENT Consultant failed to appreciate the…
55y · Male·Traumatic brain injury caused by blunt force to the head sustained in a fall
…nced recurrent unexplained loss of consciousness episodes from November 2014, including previous falls with head injuries in December 2014 and February 2015. Despite investigation by neurologists, the underlying cause of…
81y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents complicating disseminated moderately differentiat…
…astases. He presented with confusion, agitation and atrial fibrillation; a lung mass was suspected but CT imaging could not be completed due to his acute delirium. He was detained under mental health legislation for saf…
0y · Male·Head injury
A 7-month-old boy died from severe head trauma following an unwitnessed incident on 6 June 2018. The child was found unconscious after reportedly b…
53y · Male·Bilateral ACA stroke
…ng all potential stroke patients are discussed with the stroke team at ED presentation, before definitive imaging, to optimize thrombolysis eligibility assessment.
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
Josephine Cesnik, 76, died from complications of subdural haemorrhage following head trauma on 20 January 2008. She initially concealed the injury, attributing it to a fall, and did not seek m…
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