122 results for “acquired brain injury”
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia arising as a consequence of severe acquired brain injury
Sydney Dale Stanfield, 55, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to severe acquired brain injury sustained in childhood. He resided in a disability accommodation service group home and had …
37y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in the setting of acquired brain inj…
Kieran McGuinness, 37, died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) following acquired brain injury with post-traumatic epilepsy. He was found unresponsive on his apartment floor on 11 Septemb…
64y · Male·Acute renal failure with significant contributing condition of stroke
Paul Munt, a 64-year-old NDIS participant with severe acquired brain injury living in supported accommodation, died of acute renal failure with stroke as a contributing…
52y · Female·spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage from ruptured berry aneurysm
A 52-year-old woman with acquired brain injury from a prior stroke died from spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry a…
58y · Male·Sepsis of unknown origin on a background of multiple co-morbidities
…58-year-old man with complex medical comorbidities including alcoholic cardiomyopathy, schizophrenia, and acquired brain injury, died from sepsis of unknown origin at Rosebud Hospital. He was found gasping for air and ad…
Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…with distorted beliefs that his family could not survive without him. Contributing factors included Kim's acquired brain injury from a 2012 car accident that dramatically altered her personality, causing disinhibited ang…
42y · Male·Coronary artery atheroma with arrhythmia
A 42-year-old Indigenous man with acquired brain injury and epilepsy died suddenly in custody from coronary artery atherosclerosis causing arrhythmi…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity in the setting of ischaemic heart disease
Laurie Cartledge, a 44-year-old man with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury, died from heroin toxicity complicated by severe coronary artery atherosclerosis just one da…
32y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and reflux oesophagitis
…ch expressing distress to her psychologist. The death was attributable to the natural consequences of his acquired brain injury.
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
Hau Bui Nguyen, a 46-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating …
53y · Male·Complications of old brain injury in prior motor vehicle incident
Bruce Vernon Taylor, 53, died from complications of a remote brain injury sustained in childhood motor vehicle accident. He lived in shared disability accommodation and rece…
47y · Male·Pneumonia
Shawn Farlech, a 47-year-old man with acquired brain injury from childhood encephalitis living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumon…
55y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
Michael Reynolds, aged 55, died of coronary atherosclerosis while incarcerated. He had suffered a myocardial infarction at age 32 and subsequently refused cardiac medications despite medical advice, a decision consistent…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma with su…
Michael King, 59, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma following total pelvic exenteration surgery in December 2021. He was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with vomiting, leth…
40y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease
…hydrotherapy at Kingston Pool, Tasmania on 13 March 2018. He had significant medical history including an acquired brain injury from 2004 drug overdose, morbid obesity, cardiovascular disease, and emphysema from smoking.…
56y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bolus
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following upper airway obstruction by a food bolus …
48y · Male·unascertained
Abdurahman Faid, a 48-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and acquired brain injury from cerebral malaria, died unexpectedly in hospital on 31 December 2018 while an involuntar…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
…self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, developmental delay, and substance abuse history. The coroner concluded that Justice Health…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…ed 36, died from gunshot wounds after police responded to a domestic violence call. Lewis had a history of brain injury from age 11, substance abuse, mental health issues including PTSD and drug-induced psychosis, and w…
68y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability (con…
A 68-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and congenital brain injury died from complications of aspiration pneumonia. He had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneu…
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