42 results for “secondary brain haemorrhage”
60y · Female·acute cerebral bleed resulting from blunt trauma and late haemorrhagic progressi…
… Elkington, aged 60, died from acute cerebral bleed resulting from haemorrhagic progression of a traumatic brain injury sustained in a bathroom fall on 21 September 2015. The injury caused a contre coup contusion to the…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
…ressing the wrong intercom button. Medical experts concluded this delay was immaterial given the extensive brain injury was unsurvivable. He had been prescribed antipsychotic medication (Seroquel) for auditory hallucina…
78y · Female·Complications of a left tentorial meningioma
…ergo surgery. She died suddenly on 10 September 2015 from complications of the meningioma (intratumoral haemorrhage and herniation) before surgery could be performed. The coroner found neurosurgical management appropria…
77y · Male·Subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage post head trauma secondary to a fall
Leslie Alexander, 77, died from subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage following a fall at an aged care facility. He fell on 29 March and again on 30 March 2015, striking his…
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complications of that injury whil…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash, complicated by acalculous…
Jason Donald, a 34-year-old Aboriginal male, was involved in a high-speed police pursuit following allegations of breaching a domestic violence order. He was driving erratically and intoxicated (BAC 0.285) when police ac…
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of labour
…iled instrumental delivery and emergency caesarean section. He developed a skull fracture and subgaleal haemorrhage, presenting with clinical deterioration at approximately 4 hours of age. The coroner found that while D…
38y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage in the context of chronic alcoholism due to post-traumatic …
Holly Anne Davidson, a 38-year-old police officer, died from a subdural haemorrhage sustained 3-5 days before her death. She had been in a coercive, controlling, and violent relationship …
71y · Male·raised intracranial pressure caused by left frontal-temporal-parietal subdural h…
… dual antiplatelet agents, likely contributed to a catastrophic left frontal-temporal-parietal subdural haemorrhage that developed on 1 October 2022, resulting in death. Key preventable factors included failure to weigh…
56y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage whilst undergoing intravenous heparin therapy
… heparin was escalated rather than stopped and urgent rescanning arranged. She had a large intracranial haemorrhage, likely secondary to anticoagulation, and died the next morning. Clinical lessons: CT findings must cor…
30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…
Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall down stairs at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre on 22 December 2016. He …
45y · Male·Haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction, due to bilateral internal ca…
David Smith, aged 45, died from haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction secondary to essential thrombocytosis with bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis. He developed an acute isc…
49y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury related to tracheostomy complications in form of airway occ…
Andrea Lester, age 49, suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage from a PICA aneurysm in March 2018 with delayed diagnosis. Following complex neurosurgery causing Walle…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was …
0y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury and perinatal asphyxia secondary to uterine ruptu…
Joseph Thurgood-Gates died at 5 days old from global cerebral hypoxic injury due to uterine rupture during labour. The death was preventable. His mother, Ms Thurgood, had two prior caesarean sections and refused hospital…
5y · Female·aspiration of vomit with microscopic early pneumonia, in a child with a history …
A five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy resulting from non-accidental head injuries at two months old died from aspiration of vomit with early pneumonia. Critical lessons: bruising in non-ambulant infants i…
43y · Male·Multi-organ failure with coagulopathy secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic…
A 43-year-old man with a colloid cyst of the third ventricle presenting with progressive headache was admitted for planned endoscopic surgery. Surgery was delayed from Friday to Monday due to unavailability of specialist…
0y · Male·Head injuries (birth trauma) secondary to obstructed labour and fetal macrosomia…
…ngers (rather than a cupped hand) to the fetal head vaginally, causing skull fractures and intracranial haemorrhage. Contributing factors included: delayed recognition of obstructed labour, system failures in consulting…
64y · Male·Acute traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to single penetrating injury …
A 64-year-old man with schizophrenia was fatally stabbed in the eye by his roommate at a supported residential services facility. The roommate had a 12-year history of making specific threats to kill, including eye-pokin…
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …
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