10 results for “brainstem infarction”
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…
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…
31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…
…red until next morning. The patient had actually suffered vertebral artery dissection causing cerebellar infarction. By Sunday she developed catastrophic cerebellar edema with obstructive hydrocephalus and herniation, ca…
57y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease
… heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and chronic airways disease died of acute myocardial infarction whilst being transferred by ambulance from a mental health facility to hospital. He was an involuntary p…
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…
57y · Male·brainstem and cerebellar infarction due to vertebrobasilar artery thrombosis
A 57-year-old man with multiple cardiovascular risk factors presented to an ED with vertigo, blurred vision, and 'not feeling right' caused by an evolving posterior circulation stroke. A junior doctor discharged him afte…
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…
56y · Female·Multiple injuries including small and large bowel damage, mesenteric damage with…
Sandra Honey, aged 56, died on 16 November 2001 from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on 13 November 2001. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her daughter on the Coalfields Highway near Wor…
0y · Male·Head injury sustained in a difficult delivery including head impaction and caesa…
Baby Sidney died from severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by head impaction during a difficult vaginal delivery attempt and subsequent caesarean section at 6 days old. The coroner found that medical care fell …
2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…
Dane Hortle, a 2-year-old with Pierre Robin Sequence and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from tramadol toxicity following adenotonsillectomy. He was discharged with a prescription for tramadol 25mg, which was dispensed as…
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