258 results for “hypoxic_brain_injury”
2y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following immersion (drowning)
Lachlan Mitchell, a 2-year-old with global developmental delay and hypermobility, drowned in a swimming pool at a family day care home on 9 November 2015, suffering fatal hypoxic brain injury. While swimming pools were n…
21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from severe anaphylactic shock due to administratio…
Lucas Peyret, a 21-year-old with no significant medical history, presented to hospital with acute appendicitis and underwent emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy. Surgery was routine and uneventful. Upon emergence from …
28y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
Rahul Prasad, a remanded prisoner with a serious psychotic condition and documented suicide risk, was discharged from the Acute Assessment Unit on 7 May 2010 with an S3 (potential) risk rating after psychiatric assessmen…
14y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury sustained during drowning
Georgia Lewtas, aged 14, drowned at Mersey Bluff, Devonport after entering rough water with a friend. She had reasonable but not strong swimming ability. Weather conditions deteriorated rapidly with wind speeds reaching …
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to haemopericardium and tamponade complicating ru…
Mr Trevor McDonald, 43-year-old male, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac tamponade complicating coronary angioplasty. During elective PCI at Frankston Hospital, he sustained right coronary artery perforatio…
33y · Male·cerebral hypoxia due to compression of the neck (suspension)
Leim Matthew Benson, 33, died from cerebral hypoxia due to neck compression by suspension on 4 April 2007. He died 3 days after being found hanging from a residential balcony on 1 April 2007 following an argument with hi…
24y · Female·Immersion (drowning due to hypoxic brain injury)
Syoko Tsubaki, a 24-year-old Japanese tourist and inexperienced recreational diver, died from drowning on 31 December 1998 after a scuba diving incident at Rottnest Island on 27 December. During an afternoon dive, the di…
37y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity
Sharni Dee Connolly, a 37-year-old registered nurse turned naturopath, died from multiple drug toxicity following a hamstring injury requiring opioid analgesia. She was prescribed excessive quantities of pregabalin (105m…
32y · Male·hypoxic brain injury from hanging in custody
Michael Morris, 32, died from hypoxic brain injury sustained while hanging himself in Penrith Local Court cells on 4 May 2009. Arrested for heroin possession with a prior drug parole sentence, Morris was transferred to D…
28y · Female·ligature compression of the neck
Mary Van Der Walt, a 28-year-old with depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder, died by hanging on 21 April 2014. Two police officers responding to her initial '000' call found her unresponsive and pulsel…
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
A 32-year-old fit and healthy woman died from hypoxic brain injury following complications of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. She developed a subdural haematoma (rare complication) and persistent post-dural pun…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to multiple hypovolaemic cardiac arrests from cat…
Linda Parker, aged 39, died from hypoxic brain injury following catastrophic postpartum haemorrhage from placenta increta during caesarean delivery. Critical lessons: (1) Placenta increta risk was not detected prenatally…
Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from intra-uterine asphyxia (causative factors unas…
William Keays was a neonate born at 37 weeks via emergency caesarean section for fetal distress during labour induction with Syntocinon. He was stillborn with Apgar scores of 0/0/1, requiring 12 minutes of resuscitation …
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
Michael Peter Magro, a 40-year-old male inmate at a correctional facility, died on 27 December 2008 from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac disease and severe pneumonia. Critical failures in prison healthcare were id…
31y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the …
31-year-old Moses Sokiri died on 26 October 2014 from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following suicide by hanging at Greenwood train station on 12 October 2014. The deceased was in acute mental health crisis w…
30y · Female·respiratory failure related to bronchopneumonia following cerebral anoxia due to…
A 30-year-old woman with a previous caesarean section attempted a trial of vaginal delivery. She received Syntocinon augmentation at 6:45 AM without prior cervical assessment and epidural analgesia at 7:35 AM. No vaginal…
79y · Male·hypoxic brain injury due to cardio-respiratory arrest caused by opioid toxicity
Yongxing Wang, 79, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by opioid toxicity from combined morphine and oxycodone. After a minor back injury on 21 August, he received a cortisone injection on 22 August with complications.…
33y · Male·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury secondary to acute cocaine toxicity
Omar Mohammad, a 33-year-old man with recent mental health concerns and drug use, ingested a small plastic bag containing cocaine whilst being arrested for trespass on 10 August 2020. He died 44 days later from irreversi…
6y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of immersion
A 6-year-old boy drowned in a neighbour's swimming pool after climbing over a boundary fence with horizontal rails that provided handholds. The pool barrier complied with Victoria's legislative requirements at the time b…
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 receiving concurrent morphine therapy and suffering from acut…
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