313 results for “severe brain injury”
20y · Female·Cerebral anoxia consequent upon a severe acute asthmatic event
Sally Anne Gordon, a 20-year-old with a 14-year history of severe brittle asthma, presented to Mount Gambier Hospital on 26 November 2000 with acute severe asthma unrespons…
24y · Female·Immersion (drowning due to hypoxic brain injury)
…loating face-down approximately 10-15 minutes later. She was resuscitated by rescue personnel but suffered severe hypoxic brain injury and died from the effects of immersion. Key failures included: the dive guide navigat…
77y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage suffered during the course of neurosurgery
…packing, surgicel, thrombin, and gelfoam, the bleeding continued on the other side of the packing, causing severe intracranial and intraventricular haemorrhage. Mrs Chan died on 9 December 2006 from raised intracranial p…
20y · Female·Head injuries due to or as a consequence of motor vehicle accident
…tion. The vehicle left the roadway, lost control, and collided with a concrete power pole. Chloe sustained severe injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, multiple fractures, and hypoxic brain damage. She received ap…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to an out of hospital cardiac arrest second…
…equate supervision. He was found unresponsive by his aunt and underwent prolonged resuscitation, suffering severe hypoxic brain injury. Despite intensive care management including neuroprotection, chest drain insertion f…
22y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to restraint in the context of combin…
…e substances (NPS). He unknowingly ingested 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine (sold as MDMA), which caused severe agitation, violent behaviour, and cardiorespiratory collapse. After 20 minutes of restraint by friends, he…
0y · Female·hyperviscosity-related brain injury secondary to hypernatraemic dehydration
Siya Patel, a 23-day-old neonate, died from hyperviscosity-related brain injury secondary to severe dehydration caused by insufficient breastfeeding. Her family were recent emigra…
4y · Male·Complications of T-cell lymphoma
…sinusitis, and discharged after improving on antibiotics and prednisolone. He re-presented days later with severe respiratory distress, collapsed in cardiac arrest, and was found to have a large mediastinal T-cell lympho…
50y · Male·Head injuries (extensive subarachnomial haemorrhage with cerebral oedema, cerebr…
Robert Brewster, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries sustained when struck by a jetski while swimming in Port Melbourne. The operator, who had on…
17y · Male·stroke (left middle cerebral artery infarction) following motorbike collision du…
…eing visible to experienced specialists. Early neurosurgical consultation would likely have identified the injury before irreversible brain damage occurred. Had the dissection been detected within 6-8 hours, endovascular…
54y · Male·Pneumonia
…long quadriplegia and intellectual disability from early childhood encephalitis, with chronic epilepsy and severe aspiration risk. He was admitted on 5 October 2007 with aspiration pneumonia, treated with antibiotics and…
18y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…raffic. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts including emergency surgery, she could not be saved due to severe multi-system trauma including retroperitoneal bleeding and devastating brain injury. The coroner found no …
37y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon hanging
Louise Litis, 37, died from hypoxic brain injury following a hanging at Northpark Private Hospital's Mother and Baby Unit on 7 December 2007. She ha…
Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…
…al multiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries including severe head trauma. The collision occurred when a Ford Cortina driven by Harradine struck a tree after he lost co…
46y · Male·head injury complicated by bronchopneumonia, with palliation
A 46-year-old remand prisoner died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a severe prison assault. Critical failures in responding to cell call alarms prece…
13y · Male·Staphylococcus aureus bronchopneumonia due to perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain …
Phil Brennan was a 13-year-old boy with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy who died from Staphylococcus aureus bronchopneumonia. He presented with breath…
30y · Male·head injury sustained in a fall after being struck by crowd controller Henry Von…
…icated state (BAC 0.05-0.07). Key clinical lessons include: the importance of understanding traumatic head injury mechanisms; the vulnerability of intoxicated patients to severe injury from minor falls; and systemic fail…
11y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and small bowel necrosis with perforation, in a boy with multic…
… in April 2010 who suffered catastrophic abusive head trauma at eight months old in December 2010, causing severe lifelong neurological impairment including cerebral palsy, uncontrolled seizures, and blindness. The cause…
Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …
…re deficiencies contributed to the crash. Key clinical lesson: the surviving front-seat passenger suffered severe ongoing arm/hand disability despite wearing a seatbelt, highlighting importance of vehicle safety devices …
14y · Male·Complications of near drowning - severe hypoxic brain damage and subsequent mult…
…ecember 1998 after being in the diving pool undetected for approximately 20 minutes, and died from hypoxic brain injury on 10 January 1999. Pool Manager Adam Wild left the facility at 4:20pm, leaving Assistant Manager J…
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