32 results for “acute ischaemic stroke”
72y · Female·Obstruction of the airways of the neck
A 72-year-old woman with moderate-severe expressive and receptive dysphasia following an acute left middle cerebral artery stroke died by hanging three months post-discharge from rehabilitation. Critic…
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
…rrectly identified, but the patient deteriorated and developed a large intracerebral haemorrhage, likely ischaemic stroke from sepsis-induced thrombosis that converted to haemorrhage, worsened by the anticoagulation. Ke…
79y · Male·Displaced cervical vertebral fracture with secondary carotid artery dissection r…
…ll from a 3.5-metre ladder while performing home maintenance work on his property. He had recovered from a stroke three months prior, which may have affected his cognitive function and decision-making. The ladder was not…
85y · Female·ischaemic heart disease with renal failure
Fernanda Catalano, 85 years old, died of ischaemic heart disease with renal failure at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had suffered an unwitnessed fall at her a…
81y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian) in a man with i…
An 81-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy, diabetes, previous stroke, and peripheral vascular disease was struck by a motor vehicle…
29y · Male·left cerebrovascular accident (stroke) due to thromboembolism in the middle cere…
A 29-year-old male bodybuilder died from left cerebrovascular accident (stroke) caused by thromboembolism. He had a history of anabolic steroid use and presented after a minor motor veh…
73y · Male·Haemorrhagic stroke in the setting of recent inguinal hernia surgery and change …
… nursing staff alone. A post-operative review two days post-surgery was not documented. Turner suffered an acute ischaemic stroke on postoperative day 2 that underwent haemorrhagic transformation following thrombolysis,…
Unknown·Michael Russell: intracranial haemorrhage complicating surgery for right cerebra…
Two patients died following stroke interventions on 18 April 2017 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Michael Russell (60) died from intracranial…
17y · Male·stroke (left middle cerebral artery infarction) following motorbike collision du…
Kane Mathew Leary, 17, died from a stroke (left middle cerebral artery infarction) following a motorbike collision. The critical clinical lesson inv…
64y · Female·Bilateral pulmonary embolism with left middle cerebral artery/posterior cerebral…
… (arm weakness, slurred speech) suspicious for TIA. The hospital failed to recognise she had a paradoxical stroke caused by a patent foramen ovale allowing a blood clot to cross from right to left circulation. Transfer t…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
…n 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities suffered a fall at home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant neu…
78y · Female·Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Ms Beverly Davidge, a 78-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in residential care, died from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage in hospital. She presented initially with haematemesis and melaena on 11 Nove…
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