181 results for “ischaemic brain injury”
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complications of that inj…
23y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
…mpt CPR by lifeguards and paramedics with return of spontaneous circulation, he sustained severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and progressed to brain death. He died in hospital after extubation. The coroner noted that…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
A three-day-old girl, Baby Kirat, died from global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury sustained during co-sleeping with her mother in a hospital maternity ward on 9 July 2013. S…
42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…
…enaline, and intubated. Transferred to Austin Hospital ICU for therapeutic cooling due to severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury, she showed no meaningful recovery potential. Treatment was withdrawn on 4 August 2010. The…
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
James Williamson, a 54-year-old man with diabetes, chronic lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy following multiple traumatic injuries. He was foun…
35y · Female·hypoxic brain injury, with strangulation being an antecedent cause
Blair Dalton died from hypoxic brain injury following strangulation by her partner LP on 26 September 2017. She was resuscitated at the scene a…
56y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bolus
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following upper airway obstruction by a food bolus while e…
6y · Female·Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury from submersion in a pool
…ged 6, drowned after submersion in a home swimming pool at Wattle on 22 January 2009, dying from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury at Children's Hospital Westmead two days later. The coroner found that the pool did not com…
47y · Female·bronchopneumonia in context of ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, a…
Amanda Gilbert, aged 47, died from bronchopneumonia with background ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and hypoxic brain injury from a 1985 hanging attempt. She had been…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
…h Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. He was punched in the face by an associate during an argument and fell b…
68y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury and ischaemic heart disease
Hugh Peter Bourke, a 68-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, and recent abdominal surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest at home on 6 January 2011. He had undergone cholecystectomy in De…
2y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury in circumstances of Ligature strangulation (Blind…
Lachlan McCann, a healthy 2-year-old, died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following ligature strangulation by a blind cord. While playing on a couch beneath a window…
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 em…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
…bed. After freeing himself and being restrained by security staff, he suffered cardiac arrest with hypoxic brain injury and died. Contributing factors included failure to recognise cannabis withdrawal contributing to de…
48y · Female·Ischaemic brain injury secondary to toxicity to tramadol and temazepam
A 48-year-old woman died from ischaemic brain injury caused by overdose of tramadol and temazepam. She was found unresponsive at home on 10 Octo…
70y · Male·head injury
A 70-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy collapsed at work after experiencing dizziness, striking his head on a …
50y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury in the context of hanging
…imself in the garage. Despite immediate resuscitation and hospital treatment, he suffered severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and died four days later. Clinical lessons include the importance of assessing imminent sui…
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents
Joelene Dowden, 37, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following aspiration of gastric contents. She presented at Alfred Hospital ED on 9 July 201…
65y · Male·Spontaneous lethal arrhythmia on a background of cardiomegaly, myocardial fibros…
… underlying cardiac disease (coronary artery stenosis, myocardial fibrosis, cardiomegaly) and a history of brain injury causing unpredictable behaviour. During detention for breath testing, he became agitated, struggled…
0y · Male·Head injury
…al evidence showed the child had a constellation of injuries (subdural haemorrhages, retinal haemorrhages, brain swelling, neck ligament injury) highly suggestive of abusive head trauma or violent shaking with/without i…
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