63 results for “acute intracranial haemorrhage”
65y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage following a fall
…rly morning on 2 October 2015 after reporting feeling unwell and vomiting. He sustained a large left-sided acute-on-chronic subdural haemorrhage with midline shift. Despite rapid deterioration and neurosurgical consulta…
34y · Male·Acute intracranial haemorrhage, malignant hypertension, renal artery stenosis
… 34-year-old man with malignant hypertension, prosthetic mitral valve, and renal artery stenosis died from acute intracranial haemorrhage while in prison custody. He presented with headache and hypertension on 13 June, …
87y · Female·acute intracranial haemorrhage
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, hypertension, and DVT died from acute intracranial haemorrhage while an inpatient at a general hospital under a Mental Health Act detention orde…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
Frank Sette, a 72-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, died from a cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward…
23y · Male·intra-cerebral haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use
Tyler John Broomhall, a 23-year-old factory worker, died from intracranial haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use during a football match. He had suffered a prior unreported…
36y · Female·Acute brain injury due to intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to sepsis
…d empiric antibiotics for suspected meningococcal sepsis. Hospital investigation revealed intracerebral haemorrhages and blood cultures grew Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. She underwent neurosurgery for haemorrhage evacu…
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
…ated GP medication chart instead of the hospital order. The anticoagulant significantly exacerbated the intracranial bleeding. The patient deteriorated on 29 December and died on 2 January. Clinical lessons include: ensu…
85y · Male·cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension
An 85-year-old man died in custody from cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension. He was in the palliative care unit following an advanced care directive refusing r…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
…home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant neurologist missed this finding and recommended thrombolysis. ED cl…
37y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured berry aneurysm of the right middle cere…
A 37-year-old male prisoner with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm at Karnet Prison Farm. He collapsed suddenly while appearing well minu…
92y · Female·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism with contributing right temple lobe haemorrh…
…ona Boehm, aged 92, died from bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism with contributing right temporal lobe haemorrhage due to cerebrovascular amyloidosis at an aged care facility. She had been admitted following acute deli…
70y · Male·intracranial haemorrhage secondary to haemorrhagic transformation of ischaemic s…
A 70-year-old man with chronic small vessel cerebral ischaemia died from intracranial haemorrhage following haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke while in prison custody. He pr…
56y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage whilst undergoing intravenous heparin therapy
…l field loss, heparin was escalated rather than stopped and urgent rescanning arranged. She had a large intracranial haemorrhage, likely secondary to anticoagulation, and died the next morning. Clinical lessons: CT findi…
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
…nie Waters aged care facility, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 2 July 2010 striking his head, resulting in acute subdural haemorrhage. He was examined by nursing staff who found no obvious head injury at the time. A GP …
85y · Male·blunt craniocerebral trauma following a fall
… previous falls. He was assessed as medium fall risk but fell from bed, sustaining a multicompartmental intracranial haemorrhage. Clinical lessons include: recognition that even medium-risk fall assessments may underesti…
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
…cation with closer supervision or assigned a dedicated carer. He fell a second time, sustaining a fatal intracranial haemorrhage. Clinical lessons: adequate staffing for high-risk patients must be protected even during m…
69y · Male·complications post trauma related acquired brain injury
…of acquired brain injury sustained in a violent assault in December 2021. He had suffered a significant intracranial haemorrhage, facial fractures, and left hemiplegia, requiring residential aged care. Nearly 2.5 years a…
61y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage
…epsy, visual impairment, Parkinson's disease, and recent myocardial infarction, died from intracerebral haemorrhage while residing in DHHS managed aged care. She was found unresponsive during routine night checks and co…
Unknown·Michael Russell: intracranial haemorrhage complicating surgery for right cerebra…
…ng stroke interventions on 18 April 2017 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Michael Russell (60) died from intracranial haemorrhage following vessel perforation during thrombectomy for acute coronary syndrome; Leslie Graham…
37y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages/brain damage and fractured skull
A 37-year-old male died from traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and skull fracture after being punched and falling onto concrete. The critical clinical les…
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