319 results for “brain trauma”
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complications of that injury whil…
28y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Tony David Brown, 28, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an altercation at the Mowbray Hotel in Launceston on 17 July 2013. After …
1y · Female·Unascertained - cardiac arrest with brain swelling; neuropathology demonstrated …
…xamination and ancillary investigations, the cause of death remains unascertained. Neuropathology revealed brain trauma (laceration to corpus callosum) with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, but whether this resulted fr…
23y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries
…acey, causing him to fall and strike his head on a concrete kerb. He suffered a fractured skull and severe brain injury requiring a tracheostomy tube for respiratory support. Despite numerous life-saving medical interve…
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
… severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced sudden respiratory arrest causing hypoxic brain injury. Despite resuscitation, she s…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
…ert and orientated, denying head strike or loss of consciousness. His thumb dislocation was treated and no brain imaging was performed. Two days later he collapsed with seizures and was found to have an acute subdural h…
67y · Male·Raised intracranial pressure due to head injuries from a fall
…on. He fell onto a concrete footpath and struck his head, suffering subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage, brain contusions, and raised intracranial pressure. Despite maximal ICU support including intracranial pressure …
51y · Male·Traumatic brain injuries resulting from blunt head trauma: multiple calvarial an…
Adrian Garcia, 51, died from traumatic brain injuries sustained during an assault in a public park in Sorell, Tasmania on 10 March 2021. He wa…
48y · Male·Head injury
…our struck the deceased multiple times with the bat, including blows to the head, causing a non-survivable brain injury. The coroner found the neighbour acted in self-defence when the deceased threatened him with a knif…
20y · Male·diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating exsanguination and cardiac arrest seco…
Zachary Tyler Hyde, aged 20, died from diffuse hypoxic brain injury following exsanguination and cardiac arrest caused by a stab wound to the left femoral artery infli…
Multiple fatal injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident; for driver (Blockle…
…rborne after striking a power pole. All five occupants sustained fatal injuries. Notably, the driver had a brain tumour at the optic chiasm that may have caused visual disturbance, though the degree of impairment was no…
10y · Male·catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds
A 10-month-old child died from catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds inflicted by their mother's boyfriend during an episode of care at home.…
0y · Male·Head injury
A 7-month-old boy died from severe head trauma following an unwitnessed incident on 6 June 2018. The child was found unconscious after reportedly being p…
16y · Male·severe traumatic brain injury
A 16-year-old male died from severe traumatic brain injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle while riding an unlit, unmaintained scooter on th…
29y · Male·Head injury following an assault; subdural haemorrhage, cerebral contusions and …
…cle, intoxicated men forced entry to the unit and attacked both Mr Williams and his uncle with severe head trauma. Mr Williams suffered multiple head injuries causing subdural haemorrhage, cerebral contusions and cerebra…
44y · Male·haemorrhagic stroke complicating anticoagulation and intravenous antibiotic ther…
…us antibiotic therapy given for a right upper arm deep vein thrombosis acquired during hospitalisation for traumatic brain injury. Mr Patmore sustained the traumatic brain injury in a bicycle crash on 29 July 2015 when r…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
…lcohol level was 0.25g/dL. No medical errors are identifiable in this case; death resulted from blunt head trauma in the context of a violent altercation. The case emphasises vulnerability of individuals with intellectua…
27y · Male·Head injury
…r than hospital initially, then transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where he died five days later from traumatic brain injury with subdural haematoma. Medical review identified that an intracranial pressure (ICP) mon…
61y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage and myocardial infarct
…bout the head injury. He was taken directly to the cardiac catheterisation lab without ED assessment or CT brain imaging. A skull fracture and intracranial haemorrhage subsequently developed, likely exacerbated by antic…
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
…ronic lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy following multiple traumatic injuries. He was found unresponsive in his apartment on 27 June 2020 with evidence of significant blunt…
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