80 results for “headache”
49y · Male·Complications of craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism
Stephen Ross Gamble, a 49-year-old man with long-standing craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism, resided in a community residential unit. His condition had been deteriorating in the months before July 2010, with mult…
45y · Male·aspiration pneumonia secondary to left middle cerebral artery infarct complicate…
…post-prisoner count, recognised clinical signs of stroke (slurred speech, tongue deviation, facial droop, headache), and appropriately called an ambulance. He was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where stroke was c…
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
…sarean section. She developed a subdural haematoma (rare complication) and persistent post-dural puncture headaches requiring rest. After discharge, her husband contacted the neurosurgeon twice expressing increasing conc…
50y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
…te myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. On the morning of his death, he reported headache, vomiting, and sore throat. Nurse assessment found normal blood pressure and no respiratory distress; che…
41y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to or as a consequence of coronary atherosclerosi…
…ion. He returned to the Western Outreach Centre at Wacol, took evening meal, then lay down complaining of headache and indigestion. Found unconscious approximately 90 minutes later, CPR was promptly initiated by correcti…
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 slow-relea…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
…clerosis, and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital with severe headache and neck pain. He experienced two falls during his hospital stay (one in the bathroom, one near his bed).…
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…
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…
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 unavailabil…
69y · Female·subdural haematoma
…head injury from a witnessed fall, striking her head on a brick wall. She lost consciousness, experienced headache, vision problems and vomiting. CT imaging at the emergency department missed a subtle right tentorial sub…
25y · Male·Ruptured berry aneurysm and sequelae resulting in catastrophic subarachnoid and …
…hypertension and significant risk factors including smoking and substance abuse. Although he had reported headaches in the preceding days and received aspirin treatment, expert opinion concluded that: (1) the headaches w…
16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…
…ry due to incomplete brain development; (3) Symptoms mimicking alcohol intoxication (confusion, vomiting, headache, unsteadiness) following head trauma must trigger medical evaluation; (4) The critical early intervention…
81y · Male·acute subdural haematoma
…ver 65 with head strike, was apparently considered but not executed. Two days later, he deteriorated with headache and was found unresponsive. CT imaging revealed a massive acute subdural haematoma. He died shortly after…
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 angiogram was performed but…
32y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured cerebral aneurysm
…ce confirmed the aneurysm rupture was entirely unpredictable – he was asymptomatic with only non-specific headaches in his history that had no clinical indication for neuroimaging investigation. His headache complaints w…
72y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis
…ed to Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department on 22 October 2000 with chest pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache after arriving in Perth. He was initially diagnosed with unstable angina and managed appropriately with G…
42y · Female·Traumatic right subdural haematoma
…partner called a home doctor service at 5.14pm reporting a major head injury with swollen face and severe headache, but the service failed to triage appropriately as an emergency requiring ambulance attendance. Instead, …
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…
27y · Male·acute myeloid leukaemia
…s. However, expert evidence established that the blood results would not have prompted urgent action, the headache on 19 December was unlikely recognised as AML prodrome, and hospital transfer on 29 December likely would…
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