325 results for “ischaemic 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 of a food bolu…
87y · Female·Pulmonary artery rupture complicating pulmonary artery catheter insertion in a w…
Mrs Jones, an 87-year-old woman with severe ischaemic heart disease, died from pulmonary artery rupture during elective off-pump coronary artery bypass surger…
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbourne's November 2016 thunderstorm asthma…
43y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following polypharmacy overdose and iatrogenic …
Jay Alan Paterson, a 43-year-old man with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following polypharmacy overdose and iatrogenic upper airway injury. He obtained 296 oxyco…
79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…
A 79-year-old man died from iatrogenic right ventricular injury sustained during attempted drainage of a post-operative pericardial effusion following coronary artery byp…
54y · Male·Complications of cervical spinal stenosis treated with cervical laminectomy and …
…ffrey Power, aged 54, with severe intellectual disability, blindness, and perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, underwent indicated cervical laminectomy and fusion for cervical stenosis. Post-operatively, he self-remo…
82y · Male·closed head injury (subdural haematoma) sustained in a fall
…d patients must account for delayed haematoma development and bleeding variability; (4) protocols for head injury imaging in anticoagulated patients should extend beyond emergency departments to rehabilitation settings.
59y · Male·multiorgan failure complicating paracetamol toxicity
David James Dorling, a 59-year-old man with multiple sclerosis, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes, ingested 90-100 paracetamol tablets on 1 February 2024 with suicidal intent…
68y · Male·Ischaemic infarction of the right cerebral hemisphere and cerebellum due to thro…
A 68-year-old man died from ischaemic stroke (basilar artery and right posterior cerebral artery thrombosis) seven days after being struck by …
56y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure and hypoxic ischaemic encepha…
… 28 April 2016. He died 3 days later from bronchopneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure and hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. Expert review concluded his medical care was reasonable and appropriate. The exact preci…
1y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and multisystem failure in the setting of extre…
…s born by emergency breech extraction in an ambulance after obstructed labour, sustaining severe hypoxic-ischaemic injury. The death was multifactorial. The mother had limited antenatal care despite known methamphetamin…
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 grandfather's…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity in the setting of ischaemic heart disease
Laurie Cartledge, a 44-year-old man with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury, died from heroin toxicity complicated by severe coronary artery atherosclerosis just one day after releas…
1y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown c…
A 22-month-old boy died from global cerebral ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown cause in the setting of detected methylamphetamine …
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
An 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy) was struck by a reversing vehicle at low speed, sustaining subarachnoid h…
61y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage and myocardial infarct
… and administered heparin on advice from Austin Hospital's cardiology team despite concerns about the head injury. He was taken directly to the cardiac catheterisation lab without ED assessment or CT brain imaging. A sku…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to severe triple-vessel coronary artery atherosclero…
A 42-year-old man with known severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from acute ischaemic heart disease while working at height. He had refused recommended coronary artery bypass graft surgery i…
46y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating a cardiac arrest during anaesthetic …
…il late in the resuscitation, at which point it was found in the oesophagus. By then, severe hypoxic brain injury had occurred, leading to brain death. Key lessons: maintain high suspicion for airway malposition despite …
34y · Female·Blunt force trauma on a background of contributing ischaemic heart disease
…ted the victim for a suspicious arm laceration at 4-6am on the day she died but failed to communicate this injury to responding police officers who were investigating disturbances that same morning. Had this information …
26y · Male·consistent with drowning
…gh his friends attempted rescue and he was retrieved after 10-15 minutes, he had suffered severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and never regained consciousness, dying four days later. The coroner found the death consis…
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