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16 results for acquired hypoxic brain injury

VIChospital2025-04-30

Finding into death of Anthony Dzaja

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…

neurologypalliative caremidazolam
VIC2016-05-23

Finding into death of Katrina Mary West

56y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bolus

A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following upper airway obstruction by a food bolus …

intensive careneurologycommunicationsystemlevetiracepam
VICmental health2017

Finding into death of Trevor William Brown

49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …

Trevor William Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery throm…

psychiatryemergency medicinedroperidol
VIChospital2010-05-03

Finding into death of Christian Gonzalo Diaz

28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury presumed to have occurred as a direct result from toxicity …

Christian Gonzalo Diaz, 28, died from hypoxic brain injury following presumed heroin toxicity on 9 January 2008. He was an involuntary psychiatric inpa…

psychiatryintensive careheroin
VICcommunity2012-08-16

Finding into death of Janice King

45y · Female·Epilepsy

…PR and intensive care management including intubation and anti-seizure medication loading, she had severe hypoxic brain injury and limited neurological recovery. Blood levels of sodium valproate and phenytoin were subth…

intensive careemergency medicinesodium valproate
TAScommunity2022-12-07

Coroner's Finding: Triffett, Brendan

40y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease

…hydrotherapy at Kingston Pool, Tasmania on 13 March 2018. He had significant medical history including an acquired brain injury from 2004 drug overdose, morbid obesity, cardiovascular disease, and emphysema from smoking.…

cardiologyemergency medicineamitriptyline
QLDhome2019-04-17

Davis, John

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 …

emergency medicineparamedicinediagnosticcommunicationmidazolam
ACTaged care2003-08-04

Inquest Into The Manner And Cause Of Death Of Ivy Pearl Ghobrial

Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia

…earl Ghobrial died from bilateral acute bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in September 2001, following a hypoxic brain injury sustained from a hanging attempt in March 2000. The coroner found the death resulted inevita…

psychiatryneurology
WAmental health2018-09-19

Inquest into the Death of Wlodzimierz DUDEK

69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)

…and suffered a cardiac arrest. Despite resuscitation and ICU admission, he died from bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury. The coroner found the death was accidental and supervision was reasonable, as choking was n…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystem
QLD2021-11-30

Williams, Craig Leeton

45y · Male·Recurrence of ventricular fibrillation due to Brugada Syndrome

…ed 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 suitable for …

cardiologyrehabilitation medicinecommunicationsystemamitriptyline
SAhospital2005-05-24

Coroner's Finding: WALLACE-MOHLMANN Candice Mackenzie

30y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity (vecuronium and atropine self-in…

…e Wallace-Mohlmann, a 30-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and substance abuse history, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by self-injection of vecuronium and atropine obtained from a hospital storeroom. She …

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticmedicationvecuronium
VIChospital2020-11-25

Finding into death of Eoghan Jerome Arnold

42y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest caused by massive pul…

A 42-year-old man died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to a massive pulmonary embolism. He sustained a tibia…

orthopaedic surgeryanaesthesiasystemenoxaparin
VIC2020-04-06

Finding into death of Darren Brandon

51y · Male·hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to hanging

…on on 10 June 2018, two days after arriving at Melbourne Assessment Prison. He was a 51-year-old man with acquired brain injury from a 2003 motorcycle accident, depression, and history of suicide attempts. Critical infor…

psychiatryforensic medicinecommunicationsystemoxycodone
TAShospital2021-02-05

Coroner's Finding: Lattimer, Joseph Aaron

37y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy due to asphyxia from hanging

…tment before entering a toilet and attempting suicide by hanging. He was resuscitated but suffered severe hypoxic brain injury and died 11 days later. Critical failures included: no Psychiatric Emergency Nurse (PEN) ava…

emergency medicinepsychiatrysystemdelayalcohol
VIChospital2021-02-24

Finding into death of Shae Harry Paszkiewicz

40y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity

Shae Paszkiewicz, a 40-year-old man with a long history of drug dependence and incarceration, died from mixed drug toxicity five days after being found unconscious following opioid injection. He had been released from pr…

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VICmental health2022-05-02

Finding into death of Stuart Brant Garten

34y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain injury following resuscitated cardiac arrest and hanging

Stuart Brant Garten, a 34-year-old man with complex psychiatric diagnoses including borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia, died by hanging in the courtyard of a secure extende…

psychiatryintensive carecommunicationsystemrisperidone

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