62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to cerebral palsy
Maria Presti, 62-year-old non-verbal woman with cerebral palsy and dysphagia living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia with ac…
39y · Female·multiorgan failure and probable sepsis
Jane Laura Gooding, a 39-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and blindness living in residential care, presented to Knox Private Hospital with fever,…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
An 88-year-old man with age-related cerebral atrophy fell at home on 10 August 2022, injuring his thumb. He presented to the ED alert and orientated, …
53y · Male·Sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia
Giovanni John Miceli, a 53-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from sepsis seconda…
42y · Female·multiorgan failure complicating hyperthermia and metabolic acidosis following su…
…modiafiltration, ethanol infusion, and treatment of complications (oesophageal perforation, mediastinitis, acute kidney injury, septic shock), she developed cerebral oedema with herniation and died on 15 May 2019. The c…
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in critical condition with ca…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
…eri died 44 days after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operati…
29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
A 29-year-old man died from acute subdural haematoma following blunt head trauma. He was arrested for public drunkenness after a fight with …
62y · Male·Brain swelling associated with cerebral infarction; drainage acute on chronic su…
John Hemingway, a 62-year-old man with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy, sustained a head injury when a vehicle rolled backward and struck him…
69y · Female·Hydrocephalus and subarachnoid haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a woman w…
A 69-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, residing in Specialist Disabili…
39y · Female·Sepsis and renal failure secondary to a perinephric abscess
A 39-year-old woman with quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy residing in supported accommodation developed a perinephric abscess detected when sta…
58y · Male·Acute renal failure in the setting of pneumonia and acute bronchitis
Anthony Swaney, 58, died from acute renal failure in the setting of pneumonia and acute bronchitis following multi-organ failure. He had compl…
55y · Female·Traumatic brain injury
This finding concerns a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. A 55-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street after exiting a bus. She suffered c…
41y · Male·Head Injury in a Man with Acute Alcohol Intoxication; basal skull fracture with …
…ull fracture and severe head trauma on 25 October 2004, four days after falling at a recreation club while acutely intoxicated. He presented to Nickol Bay Hospital with signs of basal skull fracture (bleeding from ear c…
60y · Female·acute cerebral bleed resulting from blunt trauma and late haemorrhagic progressi…
Gwenith Elkington, aged 60, died from acute cerebral bleed resulting from haemorrhagic progression of a traumatic brain injury sustained in a bathroom…
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
…haematoma from a fall. She presented to a community hospital lucid with stable vitals. A CT scan confirmed acute subdural haematoma. The neurosurgical registrar advised observation with repeat imaging in 24 hours rather…
32y · Male·Cerebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
Andrew Stubbs, 32, died from cerebral oedema secondary to dialysis disequilibrium syndrome while receiving intermittent haemodialysis for sever…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
…atoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head injury. He had mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia diagnosed in August 2013, was prone to falls, and was relu…
56y · Male·Complications of clostridium difficile and malnutrition in the setting of cerebr…
Mr C was a 56-year-old man with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury who died from complications of Clostridioides difficile infection and mal…
37y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages/brain damage and fractured skull
…symptoms are masked by alcohol effects. The deceased presented with only subtle findings: no visible scalp injury (requiring hair combing to locate a 2cm abrasion), normal eye opening and responsiveness, and denial of in…
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