40y · Male·Complications of head injury
…oom. The resident, acting in self-defence, struck Ross with a wooden implement, causing a head injury with acute subdural haematoma. Ross was transported to hospital where he underwent emergency haematoma evacuation but…
38y · Male·acute on chronic right hemisphere subdural haematoma
Martin Towns, 38, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma after a fall while severely intoxicated on 30 December 2015. He had a chroni…
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
An 87-year-old woman on irreversible anticoagulation suffered a subdural haematoma from a fall. She presented to a community hospital lucid with stable vitals. A CT scan confirme…
83y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall
…l CT scan of the brain was misread as normal by radiologist Dr M., who failed to identify a small (3-4 mm) acute subdural haematoma in the right temporo-frontal region. The patient was admitted for observation and surgi…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma due to recent head trauma in the context of …
…rch 2006, he was struck on the head by another patient and became unresponsive. CT imaging revealed a 30mm acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma. He was intubated but his condition deteriorated, and he died on 15 March 20…
51y · Male·Traumatic brain injuries resulting from blunt head trauma: multiple calvarial an…
…cated when struck by a baseball bat multiple times by his fiancée's grandson, resulting in extradural and subdural haematomas and pneumocephalus. He underwent emergency neurosurgery and was managed in ICU with mechanical…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
…mond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in supported residential care. He experienced multiple falls ove…
81y · Female·acute on chronic subdural haematoma
An 81-year-old woman with Lewy Body Dementia died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following multiple falls in aged care. The nursing home had appropriately as…
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
Steven Basil Bradley, 65, died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall in hospital. He had metastatic prostate cancer…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
…ke, atrial fibrillation) on anticoagulation, collapsed in his prison cell on 4 April 2008. He sustained a subdural haematoma requiring urgent surgical drainage. Despite initial recovery post-operatively, he developed res…
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
Paul Thompson, aged 57, died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumpti…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
…th appropriate prevention strategies implemented. On 6 December 2022, he fell in a corridor, likely due to acute ischaemic stroke related to COVID-19 infection. He was transferred to hospital where imaging revealed acut…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
…ted and no brain imaging was performed. Two days later he collapsed with seizures and was found to have an acute subdural haematoma. The coroner found that ED care was appropriate—brain imaging was not indicated based o…
95y · Female·acute left subdural haematoma complicating anticoagulant therapy for deep vein t…
…ed and agitated, prompting a Mental Health Act order for delirium management. She subsequently suffered an acute left subdural haematoma, likely related to anticoagulation in the context of an unwitnessed fall or head t…
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…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
James Robert Atkinson, aged 80, died from subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another…
77y · Female·general inanition on a background of dementia, chronic subdural haematoma and ri…
Mrs Ann Perkins, aged 77, died from general inanition with dementia, chronic subdural haematoma, and fractured neck of femur as contributing factors. She sustained an unwitnessed fall at her …
87y · Male·Complications of acute subdural haematoma
An 87-year-old prisoner died from complications of acute subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at Kirkconnell Correctional Centre. He fell while walking in the co…
81y · Male·acute subdural haematoma
… at a shopping centre with head strike to the right parietal region. He presented to the ED with a small haematoma and confusion. The ED team concluded he had a cardiac cause for syncope based on chest pain, referred hi…
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 …
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