122 results for “acquired brain injury”
33y · Female·Respiratory sepsis in a woman with an acquired brain injury
Melanie Ranken, a 33-year-old woman with acquired brain injury from a 2017 motor vehicle accident and post-traumatic epilepsy, died from respiratory sepsis…
69y · Male·complications post trauma related acquired brain injury
A 69-year-old man died from complications of acquired brain injury sustained in a violent assault in December 2021. He had suffered a significant intracranial …
44y · Male·Complications following seizure on a background of acquired epilepsy; acquired b…
Anthony Dzaja, aged 44, died from complications of seizures secondary to acquired brain injury sustained in a 1997 motor vehicle accident. He had progressively deteriorated over several y…
77y · Female·Pneumonia with contributing factors of acquired brain injury, Parkinson's diseas…
A 77-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and intellectual disability died of pneumonia while an SDA re…
56y · Female·Complications arising from acute on chronic haemorrhage into suprachiasmal piloc…
…lications of acute on chronic haemorrhage into a suprachiasmal pilocytic astrocytoma. She had suffered an acquired brain injury in 2021 from hydrocephalus secondary to the brain tumour and was residing in specialist disa…
45y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with acquired brain injury as a contributing factor
Marco Virgona, a 45-year-old man with acquired brain injury and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia at Frankston Hospital on 23 May 2017. He initia…
57y · Male·Undetermined; possible sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with competin…
…l haemorrhage, chronic pancreatitis, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C infection. Mr Mansell had a history of acquired brain injury from a 2015 assault requiring craniectomy, alcohol dependence with withdrawal seizures, and …
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after re…
48y · Female·Aspiration pneumonitis in the setting of central nervous system vasculitis
Kelly Frith, a 48-year-old NDIS participant with acquired brain injury and acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by CN…
72y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway obstruction due to choking on food
A 72-year-old man with acquired brain injury, seizure disorder, and dysphasia died from asphyxia due to choking on food while eating eggs…
50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to aspiration of PEG feeds
Joanne Margaret Burgess, a 50-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, epilepsy, and inability to swallow, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to PEG feed as…
48y · Female·Pleural Effusion with Lung Infection
MA was a 48-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, profound intellectual disability, and quadriplegia living in supported accommodation. She d…
47y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and diabetes mellitus
A 47-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes, previous strokes, acquired brain injury, and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by cerebral infarction. He had chro…
52y · Male·Unable to determine
…orrish, aged 52, disappeared from St Helens, Tasmania on 25 November 2018 and is presumed dead. He had an acquired brain injury causing cognitive impairment, physical disability, and a tendency to become disoriented. In …
44y · Male·haemorrhagic stroke complicating anticoagulation and intravenous antibiotic ther…
…on of anticoagulation and intravenous antibiotic therapy given for a right upper arm deep vein thrombosis acquired during hospitalisation for traumatic brain injury. Mr Patmore sustained the traumatic brain injury in a b…
64y · Male·hepatocellular carcinoma
Stephen Easter, a 64-year-old NDIS participant with an acquired brain injury residing in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from hepatocellular carcinoma after a …
53y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage complicating recent PEG insertion with stroke as a …
… providers. This case highlights risks of PEG insertion in patients with severe dysphagia from stroke and acquired brain injury, particularly vulnerability to post-procedural complications. Clinicians appropriately prior…
44y · Male·Unascertained
Mark Beames, a 44-year-old Aboriginal man with epilepsy, acquired brain injury, and alcohol dependency, disappeared on 4 September 2014 from Swan Hill, Victoria. He had re…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with dysphagia and acquired brain injury
John Gale, a 64-year-old man with acquired brain injury and severe intellectual disability living in state care, died from aspiration pneumonia foll…
57y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to a duodenal ulcer in the setting of recent ne…
Colin Rafferty, a 57-year-old man with acquired brain injury living in supported accommodation, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to a duodenal …
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