20 results for “external ventricular drain insertion”
59y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage
… Correctional Centre collapsed on 16 July 2019 with a left thalamic intracerebral haemorrhage with intraventricular rupture. He was transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where an external ventricular drain was inserte…
74y · Female·Non traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage with further deterioration post medical …
…scope (poor visualization, suboptimal clot aspiration, frequent mirror cleaning) and likely entered the ventricular system. Post-operative imaging showed new intraventricular haemorrhage and hydrocephalus requiring exte…
Male·Gunshot wound to chest (Aleksander Stefanovic); gunshot wound to head (AD)
…itation attempts. AD then shot himself in the head. Despite emergency neurosurgery and ICU care including external ventricular drain insertion for multiple intracranial projectiles and extensive intracranial haemorrhage,…
41y · Male·Multiple injuries to head, trunk and limb sustained in motorised bicycle collisi…
Nathan John Hardie, aged 41, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorised bicycle collision with a parked truck on 25 May 2021, five days after the accident on 30 April 2021. He was riding an unregistered, unroad…
10y · Female·congenital hydrocephalus
…d that system failures in medical imaging accessibility contributed to the delay. Earlier diagnosis and ventricular drainage might have improved survival chances, though this could not be proven definitively. Key lesson…
43y · Male·Multi-organ failure with coagulopathy secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic…
A 43-year-old man with a colloid cyst of the third ventricle presenting with progressive headache was admitted for planned endoscopic surgery. Surgery was delayed from Friday to Monday due to unavailability of specialist…
23y · Male·Blunt force head injury
A 23-year-old man died from blunt force head injury after being struck during a violent altercation outside a Sydney hotel. He fell backwards, striking the back of his head on concrete and suffered multiple intracranial …
3y · Unknown·High grade pontine glioma
A three-year-old child in foster care died from high-grade pontine glioma, an aggressive brain tumour. The child had presented with severe developmental delay, behavioural problems, and global developmental concerns attr…
19y · Male·unexpected arrhythmogenic event leading to a fall from height, blunt force head …
PTE Liam Wolf, a 19-year-old Australian Army recruit, died after collapsing on an obstacle course at Kapooka during the final training exercise. He experienced a sudden unexpected cardiac arrhythmia while climbing a ladd…
15y · Male·global hypoxic cerebral injury following medical intervention for high velocity …
Daniel Cowan, aged 15, sustained a penetrating head injury from a homemade air gun while with friends. Despite appropriate emergency response and comprehensive multidisciplinary medical management at Royal Children's Hos…
57y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured mycotic aneurysm due to infective endo…
Cary James Saunders, aged 57, a prisoner with pre-existing mitral valve prolapse and aortic regurgitation, died from intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mitis. He present…
64y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus as a result of bilateral deep vein thrombosis which dev…
RW, a 64-year-old with chronic ischaemic heart disease, suffered traumatic brain injury from an intentional motorcycle collision and underwent emergency neurosurgery. He was subsequently treated with unfractionated hepar…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to multiple hypovolaemic cardiac arrests from cat…
Linda Parker, aged 39, died from hypoxic brain injury following catastrophic postpartum haemorrhage from placenta increta during caesarean delivery. Critical lessons: (1) Placenta increta risk was not detected prenatally…
46y · Female·Prolonged effects and complications of a head injury, with upper airway obstruct…
Helen Ashburn, a 46-year-old woman with history of alcohol use, coagulopathy and seizures, died from prolonged effects of a severe head injury sustained on 25 October 2011. She presented to Kempsey Hospital with extensiv…
25y · Male·traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage due to vertebral artery dissection
Phillip Hughes, a 25-year-old professional cricketer, died from traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by vertebral artery dissection after being struck on the neck by a cricket ball during a Sheffield Shield ma…
15y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia in a young man with a blocked ventricular peritoneal shunt an…
Vaughn Richard Rasmussen, a 15-year-old boy with congenital abnormalities and a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt, died from cerebral ischaemia caused by acute blockage of his VP shunt on 17 Nove…
49y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury related to tracheostomy complications in form of airway occ…
Andrea Lester, age 49, suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage from a PICA aneurysm in March 2018 with delayed diagnosis. Following complex neurosurgery causing Wallenberg syndrome, she required tracheostomy for bulbar dysfu…
57y · Male·Head injury from fall; with coronary atherosclerosis and complete heart block wi…
A 57-year-old man with bipolar disorder died from head injury following a fall at Toowong Private Hospital. Critical failures in falls risk management were identified: no formal falls risk assessment was completed on adm…
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
Samantha Rose Spence, 12 years old, died two days after spinal fusion surgery for severe scoliosis. She had a pre-existing, asymptomatic Chiari type 1 malformation detected on pre-operative MRI of her spine. A paediatric…
43y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm
Trina McGrady, a 43-year-old Goomeroi woman, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm on 15 September 2020. She had been admitted to John Hunter Hospital following incidental discovery of two l…
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