6 results for “brain perfusion scan”
0y · Female·Drowning
…mpting to view the fish. Despite immediate CPR and rapid hospital transfer, she suffered hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and was declared brain dead. The coroner found no individual culpability but emphasised that childr…
73y · Male·Combined effects of cerebrovascular accident and subsequent iatrogenic related i…
…0. He was misdiagnosed with Bell's palsy despite clinical features suggestive of stroke. A non-contrast CT brain (inadequate for stroke evaluation) was performed instead of CT perfusion. He was discharged with prednisol…
17y · Male·refractory status epilepticus caused by either a viral infection, an underlying …
…sferred to hospital. Despite trials of 8 anticonvulsants and induced coma, his seizures persisted, causing brain swelling, coning, and brain death. No clinical mismanagement was identified in hospital care or initial ED…
13y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to gamma hydroxybutyrate toxicity
…was relatively naive to GHB's effects. She was resuscitated after cardiac arrest but suffered irreversible brain injury and died two days later. The coroner found no clinical failures by emergency responders or hospital…
45y · Male·Haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction, due to bilateral internal ca…
David Smith, aged 45, died from haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction secondary to essential thrombocytosis with bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis. He developed an acute ischaemic stroke on 9 July…
34y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to anaphylactic shock due to antibiotic all…
A 34-year-old woman died from anaphylactic shock to Ceclor, a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for otitis externa. Her medical records clearly documented allergies to cephalosporins (Ibilex) and sulphur-based antibiot…
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