7 results for “post-ictal state”
31y · Male·Status epilepsy secondary to cerebral cavernoma
…ienced status epilepticus triggered by an unknown cause (possibly nicotine from recent vaping). While in post-ictal delirium, he was perceived as aggressive/intoxicated. Police and paramedics responded, using physical an…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
…ed by fall from a third-floor balcony five days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired brain injury. Critical de…
63y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with seizure disorder, Down syndrome, dementia a…
…nths before death, she experienced multiple seizures and functional decline. On 2 October, she was found post-ictal with respiratory distress and transferred to urgent care where she received CPR. Imaging showed worsenin…
22y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a result of hanging
Tane Chatfield, a 22-year-old Aboriginal man, died by hanging in his prison cell at Tamworth Correctional Centre on 20 September 2017. He had been admitted to hospital the preceding night with seizures, assessed as unlik…
65y · Female·Status epilepticus complicating cerebral palsy
…icine teams agreed that further antiepileptic escalation would likely worsen her already reduced conscious state without clinical benefit. Palliative care was initiated. Clinical lesson: patients with cerebral palsy and…
80y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
An 80-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision after likely experiencing a seizure or similar medical episode while driving. She had a history of traumatic brain injury from 1972 and a doc…
Female·Burns due to gas explosion due to motor vehicle collision with building
A 60-year-old man with a long-standing history of seizures experienced an epileptic seizure while driving and lost control of his vehicle. It collided with an LPG gas cylinder outside a café, triggering an explosion that…
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