5 results for “brain stem herniation”
20y · Male·Closed head injury
…annabis. He collided at speed with another vehicle while running a red light, sustaining massive traumatic brain injury with subarachnoid haemorrhage, cerebral contusions, diffuse axonal injury and brain stem haemorrhag…
25y · Male·Ruptured berry aneurysm and sequelae resulting in catastrophic subarachnoid and …
…red a catastrophic ruptured berry aneurysm causing massive subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage with brain death ensuing. He had undiagnosed hypertension and significant risk factors including smoking and substanc…
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
…i Sweet, a 6-year-old asplenic child with hereditary spherocytosis, died from pneumococcal meningitis with brain stem herniation. She presented to Nambour Hospital ED with vomiting, diarrhea, and headache on 25 August 2…
77y · Female·Large acute subdural haemorrhage leading to uncal herniation subsequent to an ac…
…sease. A dilated pupil at 4:25am prompted CT imaging revealing large right-sided subdural haemorrhage with brain stem compression. Critical lessons: elderly patients on anticoagulation or with bleeding risks require hei…
56y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Keith Dickman, a 56-year-old experienced plumber, died from severe head injury sustained in a fall from a 2-metre 'A' frame ladder while installing air conditioning ducting at height in a ceiling cavity. Working on the f…
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