859 results for “brain injury”
33y · Female·Methylamphetamine intoxication leading to agitated delirium and extreme exertion…
A 33-year-old female with a history of methylamphetamine use consumed the drug and became acutely intoxicated, exhibiting agitated delirium and bizarre behaviour searching for her son. She was violently assaulted by resi…
45y · Male·Environmental exposure and dehydration
…Aboriginal man with severe cognitive impairment (6.5-year-old equivalent English comprehension), traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and multiple medical conditions died from environmental exposure and dehydration after wa…
11y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy secondary to KCNQ2 developmental and epile…
HD was an 11-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and multiple complex medical conditions including central respiratory depression and recurrent chest infections. She died from pneumonia at home in August …
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. For Mohammad Shahidulla…
… Mohammad Sarowar Kawsir Rony—died from multiple traumatic injuries. The driver sustained severe traumatic brain injury. Mr Shahidullah suffered a hyperglycaemic episode (high blood glucose from Type 1 diabetes) while i…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
… multiple comorbidities suffered a fall at home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant neurologist missed this …
56y · Male·unascertainable; complications of liver cirrhosis and/or exposure most likely
…Kalgoorlie Hospital in May 2010 following an alleged assault. He was initially evaluated for possible head injury but imaging ruled out significant intracranial pathology. His confusion and neurological symptoms were att…
51y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries sustained after falling from a ramp into a sunken…
Fiona Searle, 51, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when her electric wheelchair fell from a ramp into a sunken sitting area at Glenorchy Primary School on 1 May 2021. Ms Searle was an experienced wheelc…
Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
Aaron Stephen Marsh died from multiple injuries sustained when he lost control of his unregistered motorcycle and crashed on the off-ramp to Great Eastern Highway while fleeing from police. Police had attempted to interc…
35y · Male·Acute Staphylococcus aureus Meningitis
…lup Health Campus Emergency Department on 27, 28-29, and 30 November 2002 were managed as soft tissue neck injury with normal CT and X-ray imaging. By 3 December 2002, Dr R. recognised signs of infection (sore throat, sw…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
Sean Bruce, 18, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 17 May 2012. He was riding a stolen motorcycle at excessive speed (90-134+ km/h in a 60 km/h zone) when he lost control at a roundabout. He h…
84y · Male·head and pelvic injuries with contributing ischaemic and valvular heart disease …
An 84-year-old man under guardianship with dementia, cardiac disease, and on anticoagulation suffered an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility and sustained head and pelvic injuries. Following the fall, a registered …
70y · Male·blunt force head injury (operated)
A 70-year-old Torres Strait Islander man died from blunt force head injury sustained when police forcibly woke and directed him to leave a private residence where he was sleeping. P…
15y · Male·Global ischaemic brain injury post cardiac arrest secondary to anaphylaxis
Jack Glen Irvine, a 15-year-old with documented severe nut allergies and asthma, died from anaphylaxis triggered by consuming a macadamia nut cookie at a Victorian Karting Association camp. The cookie was provided despit…
6y · Female·blunt force head trauma from quadbike collision with tree
Myley Maxwell, aged 6, died from blunt force head trauma when a 13-year-old child lost control of an adult-sized Honda TRX 420cc quadbike on which she was a passenger and collided with a tree. The quadbike was operated w…
29y · Male·fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine
Aaron Genovese, 29, died after his motorcycle collided with a Toyota Prado at an intersection during a police pursuit. The collision caused a fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine with complete spinal cord tra…
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
John Henry Colbert, a 55-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, Wernicke's encephalitis and cirrhosis, was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital's ICU following a seizure. He was transferred to Ward 4A on 14 October 2002 and …
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia, COPD, hypoventilation syndrome, obesity and cardiomegaly died suddenly on a psychiatric inpatient unit from a cardiac arrhythmia. He had experienced multiple respiratory crises requi…
56y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure and hypoxic ischaemic encepha…
Michael Dyball, a 56-year-old prisoner with chronic kidney disease, hepatitis C, and treated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, collapsed in his prison cell and suffered cardiopulmonary arrest on 28 April 2016. He di…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
Tracey Lee Cooke, a 55-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Footscray Hospital. She had five documented aspiration pneumonia episodes i…
50y · Female·multiple injuries following a motor vehicle accident
A 50-year-old female cyclist was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a multi-lane unregulated pedestrian crossing on McMillans Road, Darwin. She died from multiple injuries including severe head trauma. The cyclist …
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