313 results for “severe brain injury”
46y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating a cardiac arrest during anaesthetic …
…isually rechecked until 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…
81y · Male·pneumonia complicating surgery for left hip fracture on a background of ischaemi…
An 81-year-old man with end-stage dementia, severe frontal lobe injury, and ischaemic heart disease died from pneumonia following hip fracture surgery. He fe…
36y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy and hanging
…ssors including business failure, relationship breakdown, serious pending criminal charges, and a sporting injury ending his competitive career. In the preceding days, he displayed severe mood swings, aggressive behaviou…
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 f…
19y · Male·ischaemic brain injury after cardiac arrest, brought about by blunt force injuri…
Tommy Ngo, 19, died from ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by blunt force neck injuries sustained during Chinese lion dancing …
26y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle as a pedestrian; spec…
A 26-year-old female pedestrian died from multiple traumatic injuries after being struck by a vehicle while walking on an unlit section of Woolmers Lane at night. She had consumed alcohol (blood alcohol 0.150g/100mL) and…
51y · Male·Spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
…CU for one week before dying. Autopsy confirmed spontaneous right intracerebral haemorrhage with secondary brainstem involvement, likely from penetrating lenticulostriate artery rupture. While he had a blood alcohol lev…
78y · Male·head injury sustained when struck by a car
… cancer, depression, and splenectomy was struck by a car while crossing a street in Sydenham. He sustained severe head injury with bilateral frontal and temporal haemorrhagic contusions and skull fractures. Despite emerg…
62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)
A 62-year-old man with schizophrenia, lung cancer, and seizure history was an involuntary patient at Broadmeadows Psychiatric Unit. While supervised in the courtyard, he suddenly stopped walking then fell backwards, stri…
19y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to aspiration of food bolus
Jesse Lee McGann, a 19-year-old with severe autism, Asperger's syndrome, and documented swallowing difficulties, died from hypoxic brain injury caused…
45y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head sustained when struck by an industrial fishing rope
…lutions. The rope suddenly flew off the capstan, striking him in the head with catastrophic force, causing severe skull fractures and fatal brain injury. The coroner found this was a tragic, unforeseen and unforeseeable …
28y · Female·Multiple injuries due to quad bike accident
Ms Zoe McInnes, 28, died from multiple injuries sustained when she fell from a work-issued quad bike while returning home from a party at 2:30am. She was not wearing a helmet and struck her head on a dirt road. Contribut…
30y · Male·Acute cardiac failure in association with severe ischaemic heart disease seconda…
A 30-year-old Afghan asylum seeker died from acute cardiac failure due to severe coronary atherosclerosis while in immigration detention. He had developed a large anteroseptal myocardial …
0y · Male·Traumatic head injury
A five-month-old boy died from traumatic head injury. Initial medical disagreement about whether injuries were from accidental fall or non-accidental trauma de…
45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome
…, 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 deemed not suitab…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
… atherosclerosis, and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital with severe headache and neck pain. He experienced two falls during his hospital stay (one in the bathroom, one near h…
30y · Male·Heroin overdose
Fikri Memedovski, aged 30, died from heroin overdose with resulting cardiopulmonary arrest and anoxic brain damage on 23 November 2009 at Dandenong Hospital. The clinical lesson concerns reporting obligations: Dr L…
15y · Male·global hypoxic cerebral injury following medical intervention for high velocity …
Daniel Cowan, aged 15, sustained a penetrating head injury from a homemade air gun while with friends. Despite appropriate emergency response and comprehensive multi…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
…ckwards and striking his head despite wearing a helmet, he developed a large acute subdural haematoma with severe brain injury and uncal herniation. Neurosurgical consultation concluded surgery would not improve outcome.…
15y · Male·Grade 5 basal subarachnoid haemorrhage suffered during an altercation at Mullumb…
…ly involved to support a friend. During the brief melee lasting under a minute, he suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage. Medical evidence could not definitively determine whether the hemorrhage resulted from traumat…
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