50 results for “epileptic seizure”
40y · Female·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); epileptic seizure
…d the death was due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). While sleep deprivation can lower the seizure threshold, the coroner found no definite causal link between the sleep deprivation and death. Key clinica…
56y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia due to complications from acute bronchopneumonia and ar…
Garry Weigand, a 56-year-old man with a history of brain injury and intellectual impairment, died in custody 17 days after arrest. He died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia resulting from acute bronchopneumonia combined wi…
51y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with status epilepticus
…isability, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from complications of aspiration pneumonia and status epilepticus. He presented with status epilepticus and aspiration pneumonia requiring ICU admission, intubation, an…
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest and abdomen
…onal officer during a medical escort from hospital. While in custody on remand, Johnstone experienced an epileptic seizure at court, was assessed and cleared for discharge from hospital, but attempted to escape while be…
46y · Male·Ventricular arrhythmia in a man with epilepsy and documented episodes of bradyca…
…no proven prevention strategies despite monitoring. The deceased had unstable epilepsy requiring frequent seizure review and dose optimisation. He was transferred between prisons within days of arrest, with incomplete m…
65y · Female·Bronchopneumonia and rhinovirus infection in a woman with cerebral palsy and epi…
…g oral feeds and medications—a pattern established during previous infections. She experienced increasing seizures despite reduced oral anti-epileptic medication intake. Her treating team initiated intravenous alternati…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
…e sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal status epilepticus. She presented with seizures in September 2023, was found to have a large right parietal brain mass on…
35y · Male·effects of exposure
Gregory Nunggarrgalu, a 35-year-old Aboriginal man, died from exposure in remote Northern Territory bushland in late October 2002. He left Numbulwar with companions to travel to Lake Evella when their vehicle broke down …
22y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a result of hanging
…worth Correctional Centre on 20 September 2017. He had been admitted to hospital the preceding night with seizures, assessed as unlikely to be epileptic by the treating doctor who recommended EEG and specialist review. …
33y · Male·Multiple injuries consequent upon being struck by a truck
Paul Wayne Carter, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with intellectual disability and mental health history, died on 7 August 2006 after being struck by a truck on the Sturt Highway near Mildura. Victoria Police transported h…
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