14 results for “poorly controlled epilepsy”
17y · Male·Epilepsy with contributing factors of cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
Taner Kirim, a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and poorly controlled epilepsy, died in his sleep at a residential care facility. He was in out-of-home care through …
5y · Female·Pneumonia as a complication of septo-optic cerebral dysplasia
…splasia, a rare congenital brain malformation causing profound developmental delay, spastic quadriparesis, poorly controlled epilepsy, hearing and visual impairment, and diabetes insipidus. She was in state care under jo…
2y · Female·Chronic organic brain damage as a consequence of Murray Valley encephalitis
…nic brain damage. She had been in state care since August 2004 due to her profound medical needs including poorly controlled epilepsy, spastic quadriparesis, bulbar palsy, and sensory deficits. She presented to hospital …
Male·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle trauma (head-on collision with truck)
… Bruce Highway near Marlborough, Queensland on 27 December 2006. The truck driver, Donald MacFarlane, had epilepsy. The coroner found the collision was possibly caused by MacFarlane suffering a partial epileptic seizure,…
31y · Male·global hypoxic brain injury secondary to positional asphyxia following an epilep…
KL, a 31-year-old male with longstanding epilepsy, died from global hypoxic brain injury caused by positional asphyxia following an epileptic seizure at ho…
51y · Male·Blunt head injury sustained in the circumstances of a seizure
John Jansen, a 51-year-old man with poorly controlled epilepsy and chronic alcoholism, died from blunt head injury sustained during a seizure in his …
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
…or spontaneous bleeding. Thompson had multiple prior head injuries with residual scarring, post-traumatic epilepsy poorly controlled by medication, severe alcohol dependence, and high intoxication levels at death. The co…
25y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Steven John Dixon, a 25-year-old prisoner with a long-standing history of epilepsy, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) while incarcerated. He had experienced previous seiz…
13y · Male·Epileptic seizure with aspiration
Child L, a 13-year-old boy with autism, cognitive impairment and poorly controlled generalised epilepsy, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with aspiration. Hi…
30y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Vanelee Mitchell, a 30-year-old First Nations man with epilepsy, died suddenly in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre on 10 April 2020. He had suffered a head inju…
17y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to hepatic encephalopathy related cerebral oede…
…y coercion regarding allegations of sexual abuse she had made, combined with her intellectual disability, epilepsy history, and past trauma. No criticism was directed at healthcare workers; the death could not have been …
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for stree…
41y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Rohan Grindrod, a 41-year-old man with acquired brain injury and epilepsy following a 2007 motor vehicle accident, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) at his home …
29y · Male·Ketoacidosis as a consequence of diabetes mellitus (Type 1)
Steven Thelander, aged 29, died from ketoacidosis due to poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes while in residential disability support care at Multicap. He had cerebral palsy…
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