35 results for “severe headache”
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
… meningitis with brain stem herniation. She presented to Nambour Hospital ED with vomiting, diarrhea, and headache on 25 August 2013. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) asplenic children presenting with fever must be…
33y · Male·Opiate toxicity
A 33-year-old man with previously unrecognized obstructive sleep apnoea was admitted with severe headache. The treating physician prescribed a complex regimen of escalating opiate doses including both sl…
55y · Male·cardiac tamponade resulting from proximal aortic dissection due to hypertension
A 55-year-old man presenting with acute severe chest pain, headache and jaw pain to a regional hospital was evaluated for aortic dissection. A CT angiogr…
42y · Female·Traumatic right subdural haematoma
…a traumatic right subdural haematoma sustained on 22 January 2015. She was found unresponsive at home with severe head and facial injuries after falls. Critical delays in medical assessment occurred when her partner call…
43y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm
…scovery of two large unruptured aneurysms. Key clinical failures included: failure to escalate increasing headaches (5-8/10) occurring 30 August–4 September to the treating neurosurgeon; delay in obtaining repeat imaging…
22y · Male·Meningococcal meningitis and sepsis
…de fever (37.4°C), and normal ENT/chest examination. Six days later he became acutely unwell at work with headache and fatigue, progressing rapidly to unresponsiveness by the next day. The coroner found no clinical indic…
65y · Male·complications, including pneumonia, of traumatic brain injury
A 65-year-old male prisoner died from complications of severe traumatic brain injury sustained when punched by another prisoner at Hakea Prison. He fell backwards, stri…
24y · Male·acute hydrocephalus due to undiagnosed colloid cyst of the third ventricle of th…
… hydrocephalus caused by an undiagnosed colloid cyst of the third ventricle. He presented with progressive severe occipital headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting over one week. On 25 January 2009, Dr …
33y · Male·Longstanding atheromatous coronary artery disease with severe stenosis and cardi…
…artery disease with cardiac hypertrophy. On presentation to the prison clinic with non-specific symptoms (headache, throat pain, arm and chest pain), chest pain was not clearly documented—he denied it when directly asked…
40y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured right middle cerebral artery aneurysm
A 40-year-old man presented to the ED with sudden-onset severe headache, slurred speech, and vomiting. He was appropriately triaged and quickly diagnosed with subarachno…
69y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage with contributing cardiomegaly
A 69-year-old man with hypertension presented with sudden onset severe headache, photophobia, nausea and neck stiffness—classic features of subarachnoid haemorrhage. A CT angiog…
13y · Female·cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to extensive subdural empyema
…ar-old girl, died from cerebral oedema and infarction secondary to subdural empyema. She developed fever, headache and neurological symptoms on 24 January 2004 and was initially seen at a GP and Noarlunga Health Service.…
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
…ral practitioner accepted this normal report. Five days later, the patient presented to ED with worsening headaches unresponsive to opioids and nausea. Despite her anticoagulated status, recent head trauma, and concernin…
28y · Female·acute streptococcus pneumonia meningitis with left-sided otitis media as anteced…
… ear infection. She presented to Bankstown Hospital Emergency Department with a first-time seizure, fever, severe headache and ear pain. Despite multiple clear danger signs and repeated nursing escalations of concern, th…
21y · Male·Sepsis caused by Leptospirosis (Graeme Gulliver); Group A streptococcal meningit…
Three young patients died from severe bacterial infections at rural Queensland hospitals (Mossman and Atherton). All three received delayed diag…
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