106 results for “brain damage”
30y · Male·diffuse alveolar damage, a complication of bacterial endocarditis
…d Aboriginal man from Papunya, died in custody from bacterial endocarditis complicated by diffuse alveolar damage. He was imprisoned for nine months and presented to the prison medical centre on 24 June 2005 with acute l…
34y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury caused by hanging
Craig Stevens, aged 34, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following a suicide by hanging on 17 June 2008. Despite police intervention, critical delays in cut…
17y · Unknown·hypoxic brain damage from out of hospital cardiac arrest
…ly 2020, he aspirated while drinking water, suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and died from hypoxic brain damage. Contributing factors included his underlying short bowel syndrome, liver/pancreatic/splenic dysfun…
48y · Female·Ischaemic brain injury secondary to toxicity to tramadol and temazepam
A 48-year-old woman died from ischaemic brain injury caused by overdose of tramadol and temazepam. She was found unresponsive at home on 10 October 2009…
Male·Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposure in cont…
Four separate inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ward (19), Kunmanara Ken (35), Kunmanara Ryan (25), and Kunmanara Cooper (27) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Three deaths were by h…
Unknown·Ms Choi: hypoxic brain damage due to drowning/immersion due to rafting accident;…
…ip. Both occupants became entrapped underwater. Ms Choi was rescued and received CPR but died from hypoxic brain damage five days later. Mr Park remained entrapped and died from drowning with crush injuries. The coroner…
69y · Male·complications post trauma related acquired brain injury
A 69-year-old man died from complications of acquired brain injury sustained in a violent assault in December 2021. He had suffered a significant intracranial haemorr…
19y · Male·ischaemic brain injury after cardiac arrest, brought about by blunt force injuri…
Tommy Ngo, 19, died from ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by blunt force neck injuries sustained during Chinese lion dancing …
34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…
Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspiration pneumonia following a …
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
…ar-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myocardial…
35y · Male·neck compression from hanging
A 35-year-old man with a history of depression, substance abuse, and acquired brain injury from assault was admitted to a psychiatric ward after self-harm with suicidal ideation. He was deta…
25y · Male·positional asphyxia in a man with extensive old hypoxic brain damage, acute ches…
Corey Paddy, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man with severe hypoxic brain injury from a 1998 car accident, died at Katherine Hospital from positional asphyxia while receiving concu…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and suppurative bronchitis complicating hypoxic brain damage
Ian McLeod, a 45-year-old lawyer with alcohol dependence and depression, died from hypoxic brain damage and bronchopneumonia following a hanging while in custody at Yatala Labour Prison. Multiple system …
38y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Michael Andrew Curren, a 38-year-old prisoner at Mobilong Prison, died by hanging on 10 June 1998. He had been assaulted five days earlier and attended medical review on the day of death, but presented as being in good s…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financ…
0y · Male·Sequelae of drug toxicity (poisoning) — specifically respiratory depression and …
…ately 40 times and 20 times therapeutic levels respectively. The codeine caused respiratory depression and brain damage; the paracetamol caused hepatotoxicity. The child died on 1 March 2001. The coroner found the poiso…
Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to anaphylaxis caused by walnut ingestion
Raymond Cho, a secondary school student with a known walnut allergy, died of hypoxic brain injury following anaphylaxis at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on 24 May 2011. He suffered anaphylaxis after…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
…, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 1970. This injury caused chronic brain damage and progressive mental health deterioration requiring lifelong institutional care. In April 2004, h…
13y · Female·Pneumonia, due to or as a consequence of Hypoxic Brain Damage, due to or as a co…
… freed. Despite immediate CPR and resuscitation efforts by bystanders and paramedics, she suffered hypoxic brain damage and died four days later. The spa had multiple design and maintenance deficiencies: the pump instal…
47y · Female·serotonin syndrome due to combined toxicity of moclobemide and paroxetine
… of moclobemide (MAOI) and paroxetine (SSRI). She had experienced multiple previous overdoses and suffered brain damage from a 1992 insulin overdose. Key failures included: a locum doctor's misdiagnosis of UTI when she …
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