Coronial

11 results for diffuse brain oedema

SAhospital2023-10-12

Coroner's Finding: Philp, Afrika Rose Pearl

17y · Female·multiple injuries

…ehicle reached speeds up to 105km/h before colliding with a retaining wall. She sustained severe traumatic brain injury with diffuse cerebral oedema, subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and basal skull injur…

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NThospital2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 19 of 2024

22y · Female·Traumatic brain injury (diffuse axonal injury with skull fractures) secondary to…

A 22-year-old female died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a single-vehicle rollover on a rural road in the Northern Territory. She had consumed …

trauma surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
QLDhospital2012-12-06

Death of an infant

<1y · Male·Traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage…

… haemorrhage, retinal haemorrhages, and axonal injury. Medical evidence established two separate traumatic brain injuries occurring approximately one month apart, with the final injury likely occurring on the day of hos…

paediatricsneonatology
ACThospital2025-02-26

Inquest Into The Death Of Jessica Hilary Bovill

43y · Female·Severe diffuse hypoxic brain injury caused by administration of supratherapeutic…

A 43-year-old woman died from severe diffuse hypoxic brain injury caused by excessive sodium bicarbonate administration during treatment of amitriptyl…

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VIChospital2021-05-31

Finding into death of Ms Jane

13y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to gamma hydroxybutyrate toxicity

…was relatively naive to GHB's effects. She was resuscitated after cardiac arrest but suffered irreversible brain injury and died two days later. The coroner found no clinical failures by emergency responders or hospital…

emergency medicineintensive caregamma hydroxybutyrate
SAhospital2009-03-18

Coroner's Finding: COX Ricky Glen

17y · Male·refractory status epilepticus caused by either a viral infection, an underlying …

…sferred to hospital. Despite trials of 8 anticonvulsants and induced coma, his seizures persisted, causing brain swelling, coning, and brain death. No clinical mismanagement was identified in hospital care or initial ED…

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VIC2024-11-12

Finding into death of Master K

2y · Male·Drowning

Master K, a two-year-old, drowned in a hotel pool after falling from a step into the deeper adult pool section. He remained unnoticed underwater for over nine minutes while his mother was distracted by her mobile phone, …

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QLD2025-09-05

Findings into the death of Faysal Ishak AHMED

30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…

Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall down stairs at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre on 22 December 2016. He …

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SAhospital2014-11-14

Coroner's Finding: KEY George Darcy

<1y · Male·Perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with severe diffuse cortical necrosis…

George Darcy Key, an 8-day-old neonate, died from perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following labour complicated by excessive syntocinon-induced contractions and delayed obstetric intervention. The infant was de…

obstetricsanaesthesiadiagnosticcommunicationoxytocin
QLDhospital2025-03-31

Inquest into the death of Jamie Brian Campbell

43y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as consequence of, cardiac arrest of…

…low oxygen, appropriate airway support, and proper monitoring contributed to cardiac arrest and subsequent brain death. A senior paramedic's intervention to stop assessment-taking may have undermined junior team members…

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ACThome2021-04-29

Inquest into the death of Bradyn Stuart Dillon

9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…

Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …

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