33 results for “brainstem death”
12y · Male·astrocytoma (brainstem, posterior fossa tumour with hydrocephalus and brainstem …
Bradley Abala, a 12-year-old Aboriginal boy, died from an aggressive brainstem astrocytoma on 23 April 2004. He presented with a three-month history of headaches, coordination difficu…
66y · Female·Ischaemic brainstem stroke
…she developed progressive seizure activity and clinical deterioration. Repeat imaging revealed extensive brainstem infarction deemed unsurvivable. Palliative care was instituted and she died on 9 December 2024. This cas…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
Vishna Damke, a 54-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-induced brain …
5y · Male·Brainstem encephalitis (viral)
…yed until 3:45am, after which he suffered cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated. Autopsy revealed brainstem encephalitis (viral). The coroner found that while the diagnosis of encephalitis was not clinically appa…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
Glenn William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, West…
48y · Male·Head injury from blunt force trauma
…und no grounds for criminal charges. There were no identifiable clinical or medical errors contributing to death; the death resulted entirely from injuries sustained in an unlawful assault.
71y · Male·Head and neck injury sustained in high-speed motor vehicle collision on racing c…
…ropriate on-scene trauma care including intubation and resuscitation, the patient sustained catastrophic brainstem injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and cranio-cervical dislocation. He remained deeply unconscious and li…
40y · Female·Stab wound to the left eye causing disruption to the midbrain and fatal damage t…
…igation by Victoria Police Homicide Squad, no person has been charged or identified as responsible for her death. The coroner found the cause of death was the penetrating eye injury, which would have caused rapid death …
51y · Male·Spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
… for one week before dying. Autopsy confirmed spontaneous right intracerebral haemorrhage with secondary brainstem involvement, likely from penetrating lenticulostriate artery rupture. While he had a blood alcohol level…
3y · Male·Brainstem ischaemia in association with Arnold Chiari malformation
Matthew Whyte, a 3-year-old with Arnold Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus, died from brainstem ischaemia following multiple shunt complications and emergency decompression surgery. The coroner found …
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…uck into the path of the Daewoo driven by Laura Milner. Laura sustained fatal basal skull fractures with brainstem laceration. Samantha Yates sustained a transected thoracic aorta and base of skull fracture, both immedi…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
…ife support withdrawal. Blood alcohol 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…
33y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging with resuscitation
Matthew Keith Constantine, aged 33, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following a hanging attempt while under home detention. He was released from prison in December 2021 with parole conditions including electro…
31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…
…unday she developed catastrophic cerebellar edema with obstructive hydrocephalus and herniation, causing brainstem compression and death. Expert evidence indicated 60-70% survival likelihood if condition recognized and …
77y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, intraventricular and brainstem)
…solving therapy caused expansion of the existing bleed, leading to fatal subdural, intraventricular, and brainstem haemorrhages. The critical clinical lesson: elderly patients with significant falls and loss of consciou…
69y · Female·left pontine haemorrhage with re-bleeding associated with hypertensive vascular …
A 69-year-old woman died from left pontine haemorrhage with re-bleeding. On 2 February 2010, her GP referred her for a CT head scan after she reported two weeks of slurred speech. The scan on 11 February revealed a ponti…
57y · Male·brainstem and cerebellar infarction due to vertebrobasilar artery thrombosis
…ld have admitted for observation rather than discharging. While earlier admission might not have prevented death (due to underlying atherosclerotic disease and vessel re-occlusion), the clinical approach was deficient, …
57y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease
… appropriately recognising his deteriorating physical condition and arranging timely transfer to hospital. Death occurred during the transfer process and was deemed a natural death from ischaemic heart disease with no p…
45y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head sustained when struck by an industrial fishing rope
Ian Thompson, a 45-year-old experienced fish farm worker, died from blunt head trauma sustained when struck by an industrial rope during a routine capstan operation on a fishing vessel. While operating the capstan to rep…
41y · Male·unascertained, in circumstances of methylamphetamine intoxication, extreme physi…
…19 and rhinovirus infections, and minor traumatic brain injuries from the fight. The coroner concluded his death resulted from the combined effects of profound methylamphetamine intoxication, extreme physical exertion d…
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