124 results for “CT head scan”
91y · Female·Sub-dural haemorrhage due to head injury due to fall
A 91-year-old woman was admitted to hospital after accidental paracetamol overdose and was found to have had a recent right occipital lobe infarction. While receiving appropriate care, she fell from her hospital bed at t…
41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
Colin Parker, aged 41, suffered an unwitnessed fall with head injury while experiencing syncope from atrial fibrillation in early May 2014. He was admitted to Campbellto…
55y · Male·Glioblastoma multiforme
Mark Ian McLaughlin, a 55-year-old man in custody, presented with haematuria and neurological symptoms and was found to have a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme on imaging and histopathology. He underwent appropriate neuro…
79y · Male·Pneumonia complicating ischaemic heart disease and dementia
A 79-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer's disease, ischaemic heart disease, and behavioural disturbance died of pneumonia while on a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order at Flinders Medical Centre. He was admitted from a …
29y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating acute and chronic Wernicke's encephalopathy an…
Grant Austin, a 29-year-old man with intellectual disability and morbid obesity, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating Wernicke's encephalopathy. He presented with prolonged refusal to eat and drink from December 2…
34y · Male·cerebral destruction and fractured skull sustained in motor vehicle accident wit…
Troy Jason Howse (34M) died from massive head injuries (cerebral destruction and fractured skull) sustained when a Ford Falcon vehicle in which he was a …
23y · Male·head injury resulting in acute left subdural haemorrhage and cerebral oedema fro…
Andras Nagy, a 23-year-old professional Hungarian boxer, died from catastrophic head injury sustained during a sparring session on 1 May 2009 at a gym in Melbourne. He collapsed during round f…
29y · Male·Head Injury
Warren Bradley Jack, 29-year-old fisherman, died from severe head injury after falling from a fishing vessel during a refuelling operation. On 24 April 2000, after returning…
49y · Male·Diabetes Mellitus and the Consequences thereof
…it for palliative care on 18 May 2022. Found unresponsive in his cell bathroom on 21 May with a superficial head injury, he died despite resuscitation attempts. The coroner found his medical care throughout incarceration…
19y · Male·Severe traumatic head injury sustained from impact with roadway surface after ex…
Jayden Craig Field, a 19-year-old intoxicated male, died from severe traumatic head injury sustained when he exited a moving taxi at approximately 41-48 km/h after a planned fare evasion. The…
12y · Female·Head injury
Courtney Keast, age 12, died from catastrophic head injury sustained in a boat collision at Lake Eppalock. She was struck by another vessel while sitting in th…
41y · Male·Subdural haematoma
…-old Aboriginal man with excessive alcohol use presented four times to a rural hospital over one month with headaches. His symptoms were attributed to cluster migraine, then alcohol withdrawal syndrome, despite concernin…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…d iron and plastic roofing onto concrete from approximately 3-4 metres. He was transported to hospital with head injuries, underwent neurosurgery for subdural haematoma and brain drainage, plus orthopaedic fixation for t…
18y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to raised intracranial pressure caused by severe clos…
An 18-year-old woman died from hypoxic encephalopathy due to severe closed head injury sustained when she fell from a shade sail structure at a playground. While climbing on the sail with…
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 sleep…
90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury
Francis Robert Ward, age 90, died of pneumonia following traumatic brain injury sustained from multiple falls while imprisoned. He had numerous comorbidities including hypertension, renal impairment, and age-related frai…
93y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of over-warfarinisation
A 93-year-old man on warfarin for atrial fibrillation sustained a head strike in a fall at residential aged care. Initial assessment by ambulance was appropriate and he was not t…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
A 31-year-old man with long-standing intravenous drug use and hepatitis C died in prison custody from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. He collapsed in his cell after lock-down without prior wa…
88y · Male·left frontal lobe haemorrhage due to a fall
…nd-Up Lifter positioned directly in front of him while waiting for a second staff member to operate it. His head struck the machine's arm support, causing a left frontal lobe haemorrhage from which he subsequently died. …
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,…
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