258 results for “hypoxic_brain_injury”
61y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression due to han…
A 61-year-old woman died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by hanging on a psychiatric ward. She had been admitted after a suicide attempt by overdose and was under a Mental Health Act detention o…
0y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury caused by prolonged cessation of breathing arising f…
An 11-week-old healthy infant died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest at home. Multiple rib fractures and a clavicle fracture in various stages of healing indicated repeated non-accidental trauma i…
21y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome as a con…
Jordan Sargent, a 21-year-old with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome causing intellectual disability and developmental delays, died from hypoxic brain injury after choking on a Jaffa lolly while being driven in a minibus by a disabi…
20y · Male·diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating exsanguination and cardiac arrest seco…
Zachary Tyler Hyde, aged 20, died from diffuse hypoxic brain injury following exsanguination and cardiac arrest caused by a stab wound to the left femoral artery inflicted during an altercation. This case highlights the …
43y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to pulmonary thromboembolism (right calf deep vein thro…
A 43-year-old woman died of pulmonary embolism following Achilles tendon rupture. She fell in a car park on 4 October 2021, sustaining a right ankle injury initially treated conservatively with immobilisation. An Achille…
4y · Female·Drowning
A 4-year-old girl from an Afghan refugee family drowned in Lysterfield Lake after entering the water during a brief lapse of supervision. She was unable to swim and had not received water safety education. Despite immedi…
16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…
Justin Galligan, aged 16, died from hypoxic brain injury due to a skull fracture and extradural haemotoma caused by a single punch at a teenage party. He lost consciousness but was not taken to hospital immediately. Clin…
20y · Male·Widespread hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrhythmia, ventricular fib…
Shayne McMahon, 20, died on 7 April 2007 from cardiac arrhythmia and hypoxic brain injury after exposure to butane from a severed LPG gas line at North Star Holiday Resort. As an unlicensed apprentice plumber/gasfitter, …
8y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and multi-organ failure from drowning
Richard John Obrey Baird, an 8-year-old Aboriginal boy, drowned on 19 January 2014 after becoming trapped in a stormwater drain system in Palmerston, NT during heavy monsoonal rain. He entered an unsecured drain with fri…
29y · Male·Hypoxia as a result of cardiac arrest (ventricular fibrillation) from unknown ca…
David Thomas, 29, collapsed from ventricular fibrillation while exercising at a Melbourne fitness centre on 3 October 2007 and died from hypoxic brain injury. The critical failure was inadequate pre-hospital response: on…
37y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction
Jayson Peter Hawkins, 37 years old, died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to airway obstruction while on remand at Melbourne Assessment Prison in December 2009. He died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag and ligature…
50y · Female·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during surgery for meningioma resect…
Hellen Marsh, a 50-year-old woman with Fragile X Syndrome and a brain meningioma, died from irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during tumour resection surgery. Significant intraoperative blood loss (4,500ml esti…
0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioam…
A full-term neonate born after induction of labour died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioamnionitis. The baby presented in poor condition at delivery with thick meconium prese…
57y · Female·right bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain damage secondary to cardiac arres…
A 57-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and non-insulin dependent diabetes was admitted to a psychiatric ward after detention under the Mental Health Act. She was found in cardiac arrest on 8 December 2001 and suf…
49y · Male·Complications of a right superficial femoral artery injury (operated) following …
A 49-year-old man died from complications of a right superficial femoral artery injury sustained when he was struck by a circular saw at a landscaping worksite. Despite receiving immediate first aid, emergency transport …
45y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following hemopneumothorax resulting from a stab wound to t…
Aboriginal woman stabbed in October 2004, discharged from hospital after initial stab wound assessment without chest X-ray or admission for observation. Wound to posterior chest was explored and stitched by Dr W. but pne…
0y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following respiratory arrest due to accidental suffocation …
A 24-day-old infant died from hypoxic brain injury following accidental suffocation whilst co-sleeping with her intoxicated mother. The parents were known to child protection services (CPS) due to intellectual disabiliti…
4y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting strangulation by a roller blind …
A 4-year-old girl died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following accidental strangulation by a roller blind cord. She climbed onto bedside drawers near a window blind and became entangled in the control cord, slipp…
55y · Female·hypoxic brain injury complicated by aspiration pneumonia
A 55-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia died from hypoxic brain injury after suffocating herself with a plastic bin liner while hospitalised in a rural hospital. She was admitted following a disturbance where she …
19y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to aspiration of food bolus
Jesse Lee McGann, a 19-year-old with severe autism, Asperger's syndrome, and documented swallowing difficulties, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by aspiration of a food bolus while in disability respite care. Criti…
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