333 results for “hypoxic brain injury”
33y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury in a man consuming alcohol and met…
A 33-year-old man with alcohol dependence died from aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury after consuming approximately 40ml of methadone (not prescribed to him) combined with alcoho…
49y · Female·Coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of pulmonary valve replacement fo…
…nary regurgitation related to tetralogy of fallot. She was found unresponsive on 11 September with severe hypoxic brain injury. Living in Specialist Disability Accommodation with schizophrenia, epilepsy, depression, OCD…
0y · Male·Global hypoxic brain necrosis as a result of non-accidental violent shaking of t…
Liam Richard Vidler-Cumming, a three-month-old, died from global hypoxic brain necrosis resulting from non-accidental violent shaking (shaken baby syndrome). He was examined by a…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
Hoi-Sam Lau, 49, died from acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event of 21 November 2016. He had wel…
0y · Male·Head injury
…al evidence showed the child had a constellation of injuries (subdural haemorrhages, retinal haemorrhages, brain swelling, neck ligament injury) highly suggestive of abusive head trauma or violent shaking with/without i…
48y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating upper cervical spine and cord inju…
A 48-year-old construction worker died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a traumatic cervical spine injury sustained while cutting down a gum t…
3y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating drowning
…dards requiring self-closing and self-latching mechanisms. The child was resuscitated but suffered severe hypoxic brain injury and died in hospital. The coroner found the gate's non-compliance resulted from deterioratio…
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
… facial fractures and head injuries. Despite transfer to hospital and intensive care, he developed severe hypoxic brain injury and died on 11 July 2020. The precise mechanism of injury could not be definitively determin…
0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage
Pruseyus Sharp was a 39-day-old neonate who died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage caused by picornavirus infection. She prese…
4y · Female·Drowning
…ived water safety education. Despite immediate CPR by bystanders and paramedics, she suffered devastating hypoxic brain injury and died two days later in ICU. The coroner emphasised that inadequate supervision is the co…
72y · Male·hypoxic brain injury due to cardiac arrest due to compression of the neck due to…
… him hanging in the shed. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts and ICU care, he remained comatose from hypoxic brain injury and was extubated on 22 July, dying the same day. The coroner found no failure in police ris…
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. Signifi…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to an out of hospital cardiac arrest second…
…upervision. He was found unresponsive by his aunt and underwent prolonged resuscitation, suffering severe hypoxic brain injury. Despite intensive care management including neuroprotection, chest drain insertion for pneu…
35y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of combined hero…
… and cardiac arrest. Despite 22 minutes of paramedic CPR and hospital admission, he suffered irreversible hypoxic brain injury and died four days later. This case highlights the concentrated heroin use and associated ha…
39y · Male·hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to crush injury of chest and abdomen
…k and fell on him. Co-workers rescued him and commenced CPR; he was transported to hospital but died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage. This wholly preventable death highlights critical safety practice: jack stands mu…
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 afte…
43y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to pulmonary thromboembolism (right calf deep vein thro…
…lism 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 Achilles tendon rupture was identified on 12 Octo…
5y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy due to methadone toxicity
LA, a five-year-old girl, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to methadone toxicity on 22 January 2017. She ingested methadone at her gran…
21y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome as a con…
…1-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 disability support worke…
25y · Male·positional asphyxia in a man with extensive old hypoxic brain damage, acute ches…
Corey Paddy, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man with severe hypoxic brain injury from a 1998 car accident, died at Katherine Hospital from positional asphyxia while receivin…
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