325 results for “cardiac arrest”
4y · Male·hypoxic brain injury complicating out of hospital cardiac arrest (unknown cause)
… resuscitation, he suffered hypoxic brain injury and died. The precipitating cause of his out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remained unknown despite thorough investigation. Clinical lessons include: the importance of timel…
57y · Female·right bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain damage secondary to cardiac arres…
…diabetes was admitted to a psychiatric ward after detention under the Mental Health Act. She was found in cardiac arrest on 8 December 2001 and suffered severe hypoxic brain injury, dying from bronchopneumonia. While hy…
58y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly
…pm. He received Olanzapine 5mg at 5:10pm and Clonazepam 1mg at 7:50pm and again at 12:58am. He suffered a cardiac arrest at approximately 5:25am on 29 July 2006. Post-mortem examination revealed cardiomegaly as the unde…
63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …
…propriate care including psychiatric reviews, a CT brain scan, and septic screen, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 while on the inpatient unit. Autopsy revealed hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy se…
27y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamin…
A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamine toxicity. He engaged in a 3-day drug binge and presented to the …
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
…tember 2020 and was appropriately hospitalised on 29 September. Clinically, she deteriorated rapidly with cardiac arrest on 30 September, was resuscitated and intubated, but her condition proved irreversible. The corone…
49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …
… Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery thrombosis while in psychiatric care…
43y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia (unascertained), probably fatal cardiac dysrhythmia
A 43-year-old woman collapsed at home and was found in cardiac arrest after 20-25 minutes. Ambulance arrived and recognised ventricular fibrillation but failed to defib…
42y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; cardiac arrest; cardiomegaly
…2-year-old man with schizophrenia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a mental health community care unit. He had been admitted voluntarily for alcohol rehabilitatio…
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
… intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia. Autopsy revealed sev…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
…ogram, a known complication of antipsychotic use. After experiencing dizziness and collapse, she suffered cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She developed refractory seizures and hypoxic brain injur…
43y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to out of hospital cardiac arrest due…
43-year-old woman with severe, undiscovered coronary artery atherosclerosis died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while in police custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. She had presented to ED 5 months earlier wit…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…ssessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desaturation and suffered a cardiac arrest on 15 June 2004, requiring resuscitation. Emergency laparotomy revealed ischaemic sigmoid colon wh…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
…lth order, and shackled to bed. After freeing himself and being restrained by security staff, he suffered cardiac arrest with hypoxic brain injury and died. Contributing factors included failure to recognise cannabis wi…
56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest
…ony Gaylard, a 56-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in residential care, suffered a cardiac arrest on 14 September 2012 (note: document states 2007 in one place, 2012 elsewhere; finding date is 21 …
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
… paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypoxic encephalopathy following myocardial in…
22y · Female·cardiac arrest of uncertain cause noting the existence of drug toxicity; the dru…
Faithe Baxter, aged 22, died from cardiac arrest due to methamphetamine toxicity after using multiple drugs including methamphetamine, benzodiazepi…
56y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following insulin and benzodiazepine overdose
…umulated over time and insulin stolen from his mother on 10-11 November 2018. He was found unconscious in cardiac arrest with severe hypoglycaemia. Despite paramedic resuscitation and hospital treatment including intuba…
87y · Female·digoxin toxicity with hyperkalaemia
…ite receiving activated charcoal and appropriate ICU care with 26 vials of DigiFab antidote, she suffered cardiac arrest and died from digoxin toxicity with hyperkalaemia. The coroner found that hospital staff took all …
50y · Female·Cardiac hypertrophy in the setting of epilepsy
…-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy and dysphagia, died from cardiac hypertrophy in the setting of epilepsy. She experienced falls and declining mobility in the months preced…
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