12 results for “elevated intracranial pressure”
66y · Male·subdural haematoma from head injury sustained in a fall
… He sustained a subdural haematoma requiring urgent craniotomy. Despite surgical evacuation, he developed elevated intracranial pressure and remained neurologically unresponsive, dying 19 days post-injury. This case high…
46y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF RUPTURED ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM (OPERA…
…y. Despite surgical intervention and intensive care management including maximum medical intervention for elevated intracranial pressure, his condition proved irretrievable. The coroner found his management appropriate, …
52y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage in a lady with underlying cerebrovascular disease and …
…ent right carotid endarterectomy for high-grade stenosis. Post-operatively she developed escalating blood pressure readings (160–220 mmHg), headaches, nausea, agitation, and abnormal behaviour over 6–7 April. Despite a c…
0y · Female·Subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhages due to late onset vitamin K deficiency bl…
…feeding, and vomiting at one month of age, initially misdiagnosed as sepsis. Imaging revealed extensive intracranial bleeding; INR was critically elevated at 10. Despite emergency transfer, ventilation, and treatment wit…
35y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of post caecal resection for col…
Kerry Anne Golley, a 35-year-old woman with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy, presented with recurrent vomiting between December 2011 and February 2012, requiring multiple ED visits and hospital admissions. …
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
… her as cleared for surgery. Post-operatively, she developed acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus with raised intracranial pressure, causing sudden respiratory arrest and death. Clinical lessons include: pre-operative brain im…
72y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis
Ilija Kocovski, a 72-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department on 22 October 2000 with chest pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache after arriving in Per…
41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
…pe from atrial fibrillation in early May 2014. He was admitted to Campbelltown Hospital but his serious intracranial pathology (subdural haematoma with 7mm midline shift) was not identified until 29 hours later despite r…
41y · Male·acute, severe hydrocephalus contributed to by longstanding chronic hydrocephalus…
…evidence established that subtherapeutic Keppra levels most likely precipitated the seizures that fatally elevated his intracranial pressure. Both St Vincent's Correctional Health and MTC Broadspectrum failed to implemen…
41y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndr…
…unn, a 41-year-old woman five days post-caesarean delivery, presented to emergency with frontal headache, elevated blood pressure, proteinuria, abnormal liver function and lower limb oedema. She was admitted under genera…
3y · Male·Brainstem ischaemia in association with Arnold Chiari malformation
Matthew Whyte, a 3-year-old with Arnold Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus, died from brainstem ischaemia following multiple shunt complications and emergency decompression surgery. The coroner found that after Matthe…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
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