42 results for “cerebral haematoma”
21y · Male·cerebral edema, cerebral infarcts and pneumonia; subdural haematoma
… CNS depression. He had fallen backwards at the doorway, striking his head on concrete, causing subdural haematoma, cerebral oedema, and infarcts. Emergency neurosurgery was performed but he subsequently developed pneum…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
An 88-year-old man with age-related cerebral atrophy fell at home on 10 August 2022, injuring his thumb. He presented to the ED alert and orientated, …
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
An 87-year-old woman on irreversible anticoagulation suffered a subdural haematoma from a fall. She presented to a community hospital lucid with stable vitals. A CT scan confirmed acute s…
76y · Male·Complications following head injuries (operated)
…g this struggle he fell backwards down two steps, striking his head on concrete. He sustained a subdural haematoma and other head fractures requiring neurosurgery. Despite initial treatment, he developed complications i…
38y · Female·Septicaemia, urosepsis, and Lennox Gastaut syndrome
Vanessa Jenner, a 38-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy, died from septicaemia and urosepsis following a urinary tract infecti…
29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
A 29-year-old man died from acute subdural haematoma following blunt head trauma. He was arrested for public drunkenness after a fight with a friend and lodg…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
…after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operative complications …
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
James Robert Atkinson, aged 80, died from subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head inj…
Male·pneumonia, following injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident
…Rodney Tonks sustained severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident on 31 May 2010, resulting in global cerebral oedema, subdural haematoma, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and multiple fractures. He was admitted to Royal Ho…
1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
…babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December. Medical assessment revealed a skull fracture, bilateral subdural haematomas, subarachnoid haemorrhage, cerebral oedema, extensive bilateral retinal haemorrhages, traumatic diffuse…
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
…sented to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency Department on 29 January with severe headache, subdural haematoma was diagnosed and surgery performed. Post-operatively, she developed cerebral infarction and died on 3 F…
57y · Female·Head injuries resulting in subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic inju…
…timate partner, Lindsay Masatora, on 10 October 2016. She was struck twice to the head, causing subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic injury. Despite urgent decompressive cranial surgery at the Alfred Hospita…
75y · Male·pneumonia and head injury from fall
…ng in the corridor despite a care assistant being present. He sustained severe head injury with subdural haematoma and skull fractures, developed aspiration pneumonia, and died on 9 May 2020. The fall's cause (hyponatra…
84y · Female·acute left subdural haematoma
…ith dementia, fell from a chair at a residential aged care facility and sustained an acute left subdural haematoma. She was on warfarin for deep vein thrombosis and atrial fibrillation. Initial nursing observations were…
74y · Male·Head injury in motor vehicle incident
…ilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage. Despite emergency decompressive craniotomy and evacuation of subdural haematoma, repeat imaging showed extensive brain injury deemed non-survivable. He died after comfort care was prov…
9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)
…, stating Dwayne appeared stable. When the CT scan was finally performed, it revealed a massive epidural haematoma. Emergency surgery was attempted but Dwayne died from cerebral coning. The coroner found the critical fa…
27y · Male·Head injury
…rred 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) monitor migrated during treatment, potent…
18y · Male·multiple injuries
…being pursued by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. First aid at the scene was appropriate given his catastroph…
0y · Male·unascertained
…of obvious acute trauma, careful history-taking regarding injury mechanisms, and awareness that subdural haematomas, metaphyseal fractures and oral frenulum injuries in infants warrant serious safeguarding concerns.
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
…with atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer's disease fell at home on 21 December 2020, sustaining a subdural haematoma. Nambour Hospital appropriately ceased her anticoagulant (rivaroxaban) and planned conservative manageme…
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