39 results for “chronic subdural haematoma”
38y · Male·acute on chronic right hemisphere subdural haematoma
Martin Towns, 38, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma after a fall while severely intoxicated on 30 December 2015. He had a chronic subdural…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma due to recent head trauma in the context of …
…he was struck on the head by another patient and became unresponsive. CT imaging revealed a 30mm acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma. He was intubated but his condition deteriorated, and he died on 15 March 2006. The co…
77y · Female·general inanition on a background of dementia, chronic subdural haematoma and ri…
Mrs Ann Perkins, aged 77, died from general inanition with dementia, chronic subdural haematoma, and fractured neck of femur as contributing factors. She sustained an unwitnessed fal…
81y · Female·acute on chronic subdural haematoma
An 81-year-old woman with Lewy Body Dementia died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following multiple falls in aged care. The nursing home had appropriately assessed her…
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
Steven Basil Bradley, 65, died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall in hospital. He had metastatic prostate cancer, ischaemi…
88y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating vascular dementia and metastatic prostate canc…
An 88-year-old man with vascular dementia, metastatic prostate cancer, and chronic kidney disease died of aspiration pneumonia 15 days after admission to hospital under a Mental Health Act…
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 confirme…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
…ke, atrial fibrillation) on anticoagulation, collapsed in his prison cell on 4 April 2008. He sustained a subdural haematoma requiring urgent surgical drainage. Despite initial recovery post-operatively, he developed res…
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
A 95-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic airways disease, aspiration pneumonia history, and dementia was struck unprovoked by a cognitively impair…
75y · Male·bilateral subdural haematoma due to fall
…and a bruise to his right temple. He was transferred to hospital where imaging revealed a large bilateral subdural haematoma. Despite neurosurgical consultation advising high operative risk, his advance directive preclud…
64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …
A 64-year-old man with complex medical history including diabetes, mental illness, chronic alcohol misuse, and previous traumatic brain injury was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute kid…
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
…required regular dialysis. During his final 29-day admission, he suffered three falls, the last causing a subdural haematoma. Following this injury, palliative care and dialysis withdrawal were implemented. While the cor…
90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury
…uding hypertension, renal impairment, and age-related frailty. A fall on 13 June 2013 resulted in a small subdural haematoma. A second significant fall on 17 August 2013 caused an acute subdural haemorrhage deemed unsuit…
76y · Female·Complications of head and neck injuries sustained in a fall
…itnessed fall at Embracia nursing home on 30 July 2012, sustaining head and neck injuries including acute subdural haematoma. The initial assessment by an Enrolled Nurse (Ms Della Gatta) was inadequate and did not escala…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
…essons include the challenges in interpreting hyoid fractures and intracranial injuries in the context of chronic alcohol use and repeated trauma, and the importance of comprehensive documentation and radiological follo…
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
An 80-year-old woman with chronic heart failure admitted to hospital fell from bed and hit her head. Although nursing staff were concerned …
55y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (r…
…inal man with end-stage renal disease, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and COPD died from a spontaneous subdural haematoma while undergoing haemodialysis in prison custody. He presented with headache during dialysis on…
76y · Male·Intracranial Haemorrhage Secondary to Blunt Head Trauma (Fall) in the Setting of…
A 76-year-old man with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia in blast crisis was admitted to hospital with sepsis and pancytopenia from chemotherapy…
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
…old woman 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…
91y · Female·traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage and acute and chronic subdural haematoma as a…
…45 minutes before being discovered semi-conscious. The fall caused traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage and subdural haematoma; she died the following day at Royal North Shore Hospital. Despite discharge summary documentin…
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