10 results for “epidural haematoma”
92y · Male·heart failure secondary to ischaemic heart disease/arrythmia aggravated by a fal…
… maintenance concerns but no written request was submitted. The fall caused cervical spine fractures with epidural haematoma and spinal cord compression, ultimately precipitating fatal heart failure. The death was preven…
9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)
…l 13 April, 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 cr…
85y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in a man with multiple spinal fractures an…
Allen William Harold Davies, 85, died of aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in the setting of multiple spinal fractures and dementia. He had collapsed at a hotel on 12 June 2019, was admitted to Lyell McEwin Hospital,…
51y · Male·Traumatic brain injuries resulting from blunt head trauma: multiple calvarial an…
… struck by a baseball bat multiple times by his fiancée's grandson, resulting in extradural and subdural haematomas and pneumocephalus. He underwent emergency neurosurgery and was managed in ICU with mechanical ventilat…
45y · Male·Complications of VATS procedure for locally advanced right upper lobe lung adeno…
…rtebral body excision, chose to remove part of the vertebra. Post-operative spinal cord compression from haematoma required emergency laminectomy, but an 8-hour delay may have worsened neurological outcomes. Subsequent …
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating surgery for pelvic and spinal fractures on a b…
A 76-year-old woman died from aspiration pneumonia following surgery for pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall on a shopping centre travelator. She fell when her husband lost control of a shopping trolley with …
46y · Male·head injury complicated by bronchopneumonia, with palliation
A 46-year-old remand prisoner died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a severe prison assault. Critical failures in responding to cell call alarms preceded the attack. Prison officers answered multiple distress…
52y · Female·Spinal injuries sustained in falls in a woman with multiple medical comorbiditie…
Caroline Monique Hall, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and multiple comorbidities living in supported disability accommodation, died from spinal injuries sustained in falls. She…
5y · Male·complications of blunt force injury to the head
A 5-year-old boy died from complications of blunt force head injury sustained on 19-20 March 2010. He presented to a rural hospital unresponsive, with the initial account not mentioning head trauma. The attending doctor …
0y · Female·subgaleal haematoma complicating an obstructed labour
Vanessa Li, a term infant born following obstructed labour, died at four days of age from subgaleal haemorrhage (SGH) with severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Labour was managed by private obstetrician Dr K., who wa…
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