122 results for “acquired brain injury”
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
A 50-year-old man with acquired brain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration …
47y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of type 1 diabetes mellitus, previous cerebr…
A 47-year-old NDIS participant with a history of stroke, diabetes, and complex comorbidities died from aspiration pneumonia at Austin Hospital. She had been living in specialist disability accommodation with support serv…
30y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
…lepsy, died suddenly in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre on 10 April 2020. He had suffered a head injury in 2014 resulting in acquired brain injury and seizures, managed with anticonvulsant medications (Valproat…
49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …
Trevor William Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery thrombosis w…
44y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…zebon had a valid firearms license, his mental health had deteriorated significantly following a 2012 head injury, and this deterioration was not adequately communicated to treating practitioners or firearms regulators. …
41y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Rohan Grindrod, a 41-year-old man with acquired brain injury and epilepsy following a 2007 motor vehicle accident, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epi…
40y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) resulting from post-traumatic brain …
…Masters died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) 12 years after sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury at work. On 19 May 2008, a hydraulic jack dislodged while repairing a fully loaded truck in a works…
45y · Female·Epilepsy
…intensive care management including intubation and anti-seizure medication loading, she had severe hypoxic brain injury and limited neurological recovery. Blood levels of sodium valproate and phenytoin were subtherapeut…
82y · Male·bronchopneumonia
Gerald Quinane, an 82-year-old man with intellectual disability living in state-managed residential care, died from bronchopneumonia. He presented with respiratory symptoms and was taken to hospital on 1 March 2014, trea…
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury presumed to have occurred as a direct result from toxicity …
Christian Gonzalo Diaz, 28, died from hypoxic brain injury following presumed heroin toxicity on 9 January 2008. He was an involuntary psychiatric inpatient w…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
…h Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. He was punched in the face by an associate during an argument and fell b…
54y · Male·Pneumonia
Peter Bannan, age 54, had lifelong quadriplegia and intellectual disability from early childhood encephalitis, with chronic epilepsy and severe aspiration risk. He was admitted on 5 October 2007 with aspiration pneumonia…
58y · Male·blunt force head injury
Frederick Peisley, an Aboriginal man with acquired brain injury and schizoaffective disorder, died from a head injury after falling from stairs at an aged c…
45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome
…ut-of-hospital cardiac arrest in 2015 due to presumptive Brugada Syndrome. He survived with severe hypoxic brain injury and spent 10 months rehabilitating at Cairns Hospital, where he was deemed not suitable for an impl…
Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia
…obrial died from bilateral acute bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in September 2001, following a hypoxic brain injury sustained from a hanging attempt in March 2000. The coroner found the death resulted inevitably fro…
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
…niramine toxicity following an overdose of antihistamine tablets. He had a long history of schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, and poly-substance abuse. When found by police behaving erratically, his presentation—agita…
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…fered a cardiac arrest. Despite resuscitation and ICU admission, he died from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury. The coroner found the death was accidental and supervision was reasonable, as choking was not iden…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
Linda Snadden, a 62-year-old woman with cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
…sychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired brain injury. Critical deficiencies included: inadequate risk assessment despite multiple static risk fac…
Male·pneumonia, following injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident
Russell Rodney Tonks sustained severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident on 31 May 2010, resulting in global cerebral oedema, subdural haematoma, subar…
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