258 results for “hypoxic_brain_injury”
18y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
An 18-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and PTSD was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit after expressing suicidal ideation and self-harm. She was changed from involuntary to voluntary status after clini…
86y · Female·Bradycardic arrest secondary to relative hypoperfusion while undergoing surgery …
An 86-year-old woman underwent elective surgery to excise a probable squamous cell carcinoma from her left hand with split-thickness skin grafting under local anaesthesia with intravenous sedation. She suffered an unexpe…
17y · Unknown·hypoxic brain damage from out of hospital cardiac arrest
FL was a 17-year-old with complex medical needs including short bowel syndrome and dependence on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) via central vascular access device. In June 2020, he became severely unwell with deteriora…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
A 39-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder was voluntarily admitted to Northern Hospital's psychiatric unit after presenting to ED with suicidal ideation. Despite documented suicidal thinkin…
50y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury suffered during cardiac and respiratory arrest cause…
Herbert Mitchell, a 50-year-old man with alcohol dependence, was arrested for public drunkenness after being found extremely intoxicated at a shopping centre. Initially taken to an alcohol diversion centre but removed du…
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
A 32-year-old woman with schizophrenia, well-controlled on clozapine, became pregnant. Poor communication between her general practitioners, community mental health service, and the hospital meant the hospital was unawar…
22y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to restraint in the context of combin…
A 22-year-old male died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following restraint during acute intoxication with novel psychoactive substances (NPS). He unknowingly ingested 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine (sold as MDM…
3y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating drowning
A 3-year-old boy drowned in a home swimming pool after the pool gate failed to latch properly due to wear and lack of maintenance. The gate did not comply with Australian Standards requiring self-closing and self-latchin…
64y · Male·Postoperative intra-abdominal bleeding from pancreatic artery injury and its con…
John Reginald Beech, 64, died at Sydney Adventist Hospital on 24 April 2007 from postoperative intra-abdominal hemorrhage following colonic surgery. One week earlier, he underwent high anterior resection and hernia repai…
17y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine)
A 17-year-old male died from mixed drug toxicity involving 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine after consuming a substance he believed was MDMA or psilocybin, obtained from unregulated drug markets. He experienced severe s…
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…
45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome
Craig Williams, 45, suffered an out-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…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
John Kamps, a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following airway obstruction by food bolus. He choked on toast at breakfast despite …
59y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Christopher Hillstead, a 59-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for wilful murder, died by suicide by hanging on 18 January 2021 at Acacia Prison, Western Australia. He had been pursuing tertiary education (master'…
46y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating a cardiac arrest during anaesthetic …
A 46-year-old male underwent elective inguinal hernia repair at a private hospital. During anaesthetic induction, he experienced cardiac arrest. The endotracheal tube (ETT) was visualized passing through the vocal cords,…
13y · Male·Drowning
Karl Peter Sperling, aged 13, died by drowning during an Army Cadet orienteering exercise at Bjelke-Peterson Dam on 18 November 2000. While wading into water to retrieve an orienteering clue, he became entangled in thick…
4y · Male·Complications of T-cell lymphoma
Nghi Pham was a 4-year-old admitted to Sunshine Hospital with facial swelling, stridor, and upper respiratory symptoms. He was examined by emergency and ENT teams, diagnosed with adenoiditis and sinusitis, and discharged…
1y · Female·hypoxic brain injury caused by pressure to the neck from entrapment on a loop-to…
Ebony Thompson, aged 22 months, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by neck entrapment in a loop-topped chickencoop gate at a childcare centre. She became trapped while standing on a tricycle attempting to view chicken…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated on petrol when he hanged himself after a police incid…
39y · Male·rhabdomyolysis complicating cocaine toxicity against a background of atheroscler…
A 39-year-old man with undiagnosed atherosclerotic coronary artery disease died from rhabdomyolysis complicating cocaine toxicity. He exhibited cocaine-induced excited delirium with erratic dangerous driving and bizarre …
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