43 results for “intracranial hypertension”
34y · Male·Acute intracranial haemorrhage, malignant hypertension, renal artery stenosis
A 34-year-old man with malignant hypertension, prosthetic mitral valve, and renal artery stenosis died from acute intracranial haemorrhage while in p…
25y · Male·Ruptured berry aneurysm and sequelae resulting in catastrophic subarachnoid and …
…causing massive subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage with brain death ensuing. He had undiagnosed hypertension and significant risk factors including smoking and substance abuse. Although he had reported headaches …
87y · Female·acute intracranial haemorrhage
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, hypertension, and DVT died from acute intracranial haemorrhage while an inpatient at a general hospital under a Ment…
85y · Male·cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension
An 85-year-old man died in custody from cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension. He was in the palliative care unit following an advanced care directive refusing resuscitation. He rep…
37y · Male·mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent
…on Cullen died from mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent. He had chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension requiring multiple neurosurgeries and was prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines. He devel…
85y · Male·blunt craniocerebral trauma following a fall
…om blunt craniocerebral trauma following an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility. He had dementia, hypertension, sleep apnoea, and previous falls. He was assessed as medium fall risk but fell from bed, sustaining a …
75y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage
A 75-year-old woman with frontal lobe dementia subject to a Guardianship Order died from intracranial haemorrhage at an aged care facility. She sustained a fall from a dining chair on 14 January 2012 and w…
65y · Male·complications of intracranial haemorrhage (hypertensive haemorrhage), with termi…
Alan David Ratcliff, a 65-year-old prisoner at Acacia Prison, died from complications of intracranial haemorrhage (hypertensive haemorrhage) on 20 June 2022. He collapsed on 12 June 2022 with stroke sympto…
64y · Male·Closed Head Injury
…sistent with a sudden cardiac event. He sustained extensive head injuries including skull fractures and intracranial haemorrhages and died after life support withdrawal. Autopsy revealed left ventricular hypertrophy from…
41y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm of the right interna…
…berry aneurysm while incarcerated. He had a complex medical history including migraines, head injuries, hypertension, and substance use. In June 2021, he presented with right facial pain initially attributed to sinusitis…
75y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
A 75-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis, peripheral neuropathy) fell from a metal A-frame ladder while attempting roof repairs…
83y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
Roger Rogerson, aged 83, died from intracranial haemorrhage due to cerebral amyloidosis while in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had been a…
78y · Male·head injury sustained when struck by a car
…o Royal Melbourne Hospital, neurosurgery, craniotomy and haematoma evacuation, he developed progressive intracranial pressure elevation and new parenchymal haemorrhage. He was extubated and died approximately 16 hours po…
65y · Female·Catastrophic cerebellar haemorrhage with pulmonary embolic, subarachnoid haemorr…
…catastrophic cerebellar haemorrhage with contributing pulmonary embolism, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and hypertension. The coroner found no evidence of inadequate clinical management by either the disability support provi…
45y · Male·aspiration pneumonia secondary to left middle cerebral artery infarct complicate…
…onfirmed. Despite appropriate medical treatment, his condition deteriorated with evidence of increasing intracranial pressure. He died on 23 August 2013 from aspiration pneumonia secondary to left MCA infarct complicated…
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…
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
…ls develop anticoagulation reversal protocols to standardise management of anticoagulated patients with intracranial bleeding.
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
Frank Sette, a 72-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, died from a cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward…
81y · Female·traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…hday. She was on anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation, a significant contributing factor to her fatal intracranial bleeding. The coroner found the circumstances did not warrant clinical recommendations but noted that f…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
…ons and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operative complications including raised intracranial pressure requiring further craniotomy, temporal lobectomy, and later management in critical care led to…
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