79 results for “Acute cerebral injury”
27y · Male·Head injury
Warren Keith Matthews, aged 27, died from head injury following a motor vehicle collision on Bussell Highway, Western Australia. He was driving a vehicle withou…
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
Jodi McPaul, a 33-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia and chronic suicide risk, was admitted involuntarily to Frankston Hospital on 29 March 2007. Despite psychiatric team awareness of her vulnerability and p…
46y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia secondary to compression of the neck in circumstances of hang…
…d involuntary psychiatric patient with cluster B personality disorder and recurrent depression, died from cerebral ischaemia secondary to hanging while an inpatient at Northern Hospital Psychiatry Unit Two. Despite expre…
29y · Male·Penetrating wound to neck with vascular injury to the carotid sheath
…kitchen, seized a knife, and deliberately stabbed himself repeatedly in the throat, causing fatal vascular injury to the carotid sheath. Post-mortem examination revealed brain abnormalities suggesting predisposition to s…
35y · Male·Acute Staphylococcus aureus Meningitis
Christopher Nigel Spinks, a 35-year-old tree surgeon, died of acute Staphylococcus aureus meningitis on 3 December 2002. He initially presented on 27 November 2002 with neck …
40y · Male·Head injury from assault
…n days after being assaulted by another inmate at Woodford Correctional Centre. He sustained a severe head injury from stomping to the head, resulting in subdural haemorrhage and traumatic brain injury. The coroner found…
37y · Female·head injury sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
…licit clinical authorization. The death was ultimately due to the patient's deliberate act while suffering acute psychosis.
29y · Female·global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of neck compression
Rebecca Poke, a 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, died by suicide while an inpatient in Ward E of Casey Hospital on 2 September 2015. She had been admitted following a paracetamol overdose and was o…
60y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia post cardiac arrest in the setting of neck compression
Joseph Pezzimenti, a 60-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient, died from cerebral ischaemia following hanging by a tracksuit cord in a Low Dependency Unit bathroom. Key clinical lessons i…
18y · Female·multi-organ failure due to combined effects of environmental exposure (hyperther…
…ing on the morning of her weigh-in and died 72 hours later in ICU. Key clinical lessons: weight-cutting by acute water loss is extremely dangerous and can cause fatal heatstroke and organ failure, particularly in young …
17y · Female·Acute Lymphocytic Meningitis and Focal Myocarditis
…009, she suffered a cardiac arrest at home and was transferred to ICU where she died. Post-mortem revealed acute lymphocytic viral meningitis with concurrent focal myocarditis, an unusual combination that proved fatal. …
54y · Female·Multi-organ failure following a decreased level of consciousness caused by compl…
Linda Christina Mulvaney, 54, died of multi-organ failure following a prolonged period of unconsciousness caused by a combination of obstructive and central sleep apnoea complicated by sedating substances. On 2 June 2008…
Bearham: hypoxic brain injury from hanging; Fisher: asphyxiation from hanging by…
Four inpatient suicides occurred at The Canberra Hospital mental health units between January 2015 and November 2016: three by hanging and one by jumping. The coroner found systemic failures including inadequate ligature…
66y · Female·Complications following paracetamol overdose
A 66-year-old woman died from complications of paracetamol overdose after ingesting Mersyndol (codeine/paracetamol combination tablets). She had developed dependence on over-the-counter Mersyndol over approximately 8 yea…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
…red when a Hospice Referral Form at Mount Hospital incorrectly stated she was in 'terminal phase' and had cerebral metastases. This form was not reviewed by her oncologist Dr van Hazel before signing medications. The dec…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
…13 to 5 during this period. He was transferred to ICU, intubated, and died. The cause was determined to be acute dopamine imbalance syndrome (possibly neuroleptic malignant syndrome or lethal catatonia). Key failures: n…
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
…evere postpartum psychosis and was admitted involuntarily to the mental health unit. On 11 May 2008, while acutely unwell, she ingested a caustic substance causing severe oesophageal burns. During her distress, she was …
31y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction (disc…
Emilie Le Coz, aged 31, died from raised intracranial pressure secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunt disconnection. She presented to hospital in March 2010 with progressive headaches, cognitive changes and behaviour de…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
Gerard Helliar, a 62-year-old man with severe bipolar affective disorder, died from hanging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 after an involuntary admission for treatment-resistant depression wit…
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