34 results for “prior subdural haematoma”
38y · Male·acute on chronic right hemisphere subdural haematoma
Martin Towns, 38, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma after a fall while severely intoxicated on 30 December 2015. He had a chronic subdural haematom…
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
Steven Basil Bradley, 65, died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall in hospital. He had metastatic prostate cancer, ischaemic heart d…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
George Samuel Holmes, an 85-year-old man with significant cardiovascular history (prior myocardial infarction, stroke, atrial fibrillation) on anticoagulation, collapsed in his prison cell on 4 …
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
Paul Thompson, aged 57, died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumption with …
93y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage in the setting of a fall (palliated)
A 93-year-old woman with a history of falls was discharged from hospital following treatment for subdural haematoma from a prior fall. Discharge planning included a home assessment by occupational therapy, durin…
84y · Female·left subdural haematoma resulting from head injury due to fall from standing
…ead injury after slipping on steps at a café in Stanley, Tasmania on 20 October 2021, resulting in a left subdural haematoma. She was appropriately transported to neurosurgical facilities and underwent emergency evacuati…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
James Robert Atkinson, aged 80, died from subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another…
88y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating vascular dementia and metastatic prostate canc…
… stay he developed complications including dehydration, fluid overload, respiratory distress, and a small subdural haematoma (discovered on day 11, possibly from an unwitnessed fall). He was transitioned to end-of-life c…
89y · Female·head injury
…; CCTV footage was unavailable as the facility only retained recordings for 7 days. She sustained a right subdural haematoma, temporal lobe contusion, and subarachnoid haemorrhage. She was deemed unsuitable for neurosurg…
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
…tively impaired co-resident with dementia at a nursing home. He sustained extensive head injury including subdural and extradural haematoma and C2 vertebral fracture. Despite conservative management due to unfitness for …
72y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man receiving warfarin treatment
A 72-year-old man with intellectual disability receiving 24-hour support from DHHS died from acute subdural haematoma while on warfarin therapy post-cardiac surgery. He collapsed at work with vomiting and vaguenes…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involvin…
57y · Female·Head injuries resulting in subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic inju…
… by her intimate partner, Lindsay Masatora, on 10 October 2016. She was struck twice to the head, causing subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic injury. Despite urgent decompressive cranial surgery at the Alfre…
64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …
…eatment CT brain imaging showed no acute haemorrhage. He subsequently developed a catastrophic left-sided subdural haematoma causing his death. While the RCA report identified protocol non-adherence and failure to recogn…
90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury
…uding hypertension, renal impairment, and age-related frailty. A fall on 13 June 2013 resulted in a small subdural haematoma. A second significant fall on 17 August 2013 caused an acute subdural haemorrhage deemed unsuit…
75y · Male·pneumonia and head injury from fall
…ile standing in the corridor despite a care assistant being present. He sustained severe head injury with subdural haematoma and skull fractures, developed aspiration pneumonia, and died on 9 May 2020. The fall's cause (…
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
… performing a plain CT scan to exclude intracranial bleeding. This violated basic medical principles. The subdural haematoma that developed was significantly worsened by the anticoagulation, causing seizures and deterior…
0y · Male·unascertained
…e absence of obvious acute trauma, careful history-taking regarding injury mechanisms, and awareness that subdural haematomas, metaphyseal fractures and oral frenulum injuries in infants warrant serious safeguarding conc…
81y · Female·traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
Irene Ganley, aged 81, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle at a Hobart intersection on her birthday. She was on anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation, a significant contributi…
84y · Male·Complications of large right subdural haematoma
…sistance or notifying senior nurses, contrary to incident management policy. The fall resulted in a large subdural haematoma causing death. Key lessons: beds must remain lowered for falls-risk patients; incident policies…
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