60 results for “acute subdural haematoma”
64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …
…s, chronic alcohol misuse, and previous traumatic brain injury was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute kidney injury. He developed acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and received thrombolysis after appropriat…
72y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man receiving warfarin treatment
A 72-year-old man with intellectual disability receiving 24-hour support from DHHS died from acute subdural haematoma while on warfarin therapy post-cardiac surgery. He collapsed at work with vomiting and …
21y · Male·cerebral edema, cerebral infarcts and pneumonia; subdural haematoma
…ses severe CNS depression. He had fallen backwards at the doorway, striking his head on concrete, causing subdural haematoma, cerebral oedema, and infarcts. Emergency neurosurgery was performed but he subsequently develo…
76y · Female·Complications of head and neck injuries sustained in a fall
… an unwitnessed fall at Embracia nursing home on 30 July 2012, sustaining head and neck injuries including acute subdural haematoma. The initial assessment by an Enrolled Nurse (Ms Della Gatta) was inadequate and did no…
18y · Male·multiple injuries
…end while being pursued by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. First aid at the scene was appropriate given his c…
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
…old woman with atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer's disease fell at home on 21 December 2020, sustaining a subdural haematoma. Nambour Hospital appropriately ceased her anticoagulant (rivaroxaban) and planned conservative…
73y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
Kerry James Murphy, 73, died from acute subdural haematoma following a fall in Royal Darwin Hospital's overcrowded Emergency Department. He was ad…
90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury
…uding hypertension, renal impairment, and age-related frailty. A fall on 13 June 2013 resulted in a small subdural haematoma. A second significant fall on 17 August 2013 caused an acute subdural haemorrhage deemed unsuit…
84y · Female·acute left subdural haematoma
…t Ford, 84 years old with dementia, fell from a chair at a residential aged care facility and sustained an acute left subdural haematoma. She was on warfarin for deep vein thrombosis and atrial fibrillation. Initial nur…
73y · Male·subdural haematoma from fall
…without imaging. On 3 February, he deteriorated with altered consciousness and was found to have a massive acute subdural haematoma with herniation. The critical failure was non-completion of the standardized post-fall …
84y · Male·Head injury - left lateral convexity acute subdural haematoma with 2mm midline s…
…an with Parkinson's disease and moderate dementia was admitted to a rehabilitation unit after a fall at an acute hospital. He had been assessed as high falls risk and required a patient sitter at the acute hospital, but…
85y · Female·Complications of subdural haematoma (evacuated), secondary to fall, contributed …
Patricia Cook, 85, died from complications of a subdural haematoma following a fall at a supported residential service (SRS) while on warfarin for atrial fibrilla…
91y · Female·traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage and acute and chronic subdural haematoma as a…
…45 minutes before being discovered semi-conscious. The fall caused traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage and subdural haematoma; she died the following day at Royal North Shore Hospital. Despite discharge summary documentin…
76y · Male·Intracranial Haemorrhage Secondary to Blunt Head Trauma (Fall) in the Setting of…
…s and pancytopenia from chemotherapy. He suffered multiple falls while confused from sepsis, sustaining a subdural haemorrhage that progressed despite maximal medical therapy. The coroner found no clinical mismanagement …
55y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (r…
…inal man with end-stage renal disease, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and COPD died from a spontaneous subdural haematoma while undergoing haemodialysis in prison custody. He presented with headache during dialysis on…
80y · Female·acute subdural haematoma following a fall while on warfarin for atrial fibrillat…
…ransport (TNR), despite her anticoagulant use. She deteriorated neurologically 4 hours later with massive subdural haematoma, dying 3 days post-admission. The coroner found Turnbull should have more actively conveyed the…
0y · Male·unascertained
…as involved. Key clinical lessons: recognition of inflicted injuries in infants despite absence of obvious acute trauma, careful history-taking regarding injury mechanisms, and awareness that subdural haematomas, metaph…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
Deborah Spencer, a 56-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use and previous falls, died from blunt head injury with hyoid bone fracture. She was found unconscious near Lemongrove Bridge in Penrith on 22 May 201…
65y · Male·acute right subdural haematoma
Sidney Brunt, aged 65, died from an acute right subdural haematoma caused by excessive, unmonitored anticoagulation with warfarin. His general pract…
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
… valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extradural haematoma, but the radiologist (Dr J.) failed to report it, stating the scan was normal. The general practitioner …
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