7 results for “repeat CT scan of brain”
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
A 62-year-old woman on warfarin for a mechanical aortic valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extradural haematoma, but the radiologist (Dr J.) failed to report …
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
An 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy) was struck by a reversing vehicle at low speed, sustaining subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and fracture…
87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …
…ered a subdural haematoma from a fall. She presented to a community hospital lucid with stable vitals. A CT scan confirmed acute subdural haematoma. The neurosurgical registrar advised observation with repeat imaging in …
63y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
…with sepsis and was admitted to Box Hill Hospital. Conservative treatment with antibiotics was chosen over repeat ERCP. He developed multi-organ failure and died on 8 July. The clinical lesson concerns recognizing early …
66y · Female·Ischaemic brainstem stroke
…. Despite antiepileptic management, she developed progressive seizure activity and clinical deterioration. Repeat imaging revealed extensive brainstem infarction deemed unsurvivable. Palliative care was instituted and sh…
81y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall
Michele Valentino, 81, died from a head injury sustained in a fall on 20 December 2019, with death occurring on 24 December 2019. A CT angiogram at 3:45pm showed worsening intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) that was not …
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
A 32-year-old fit and healthy woman died from hypoxic brain injury following complications of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. She developed a subdural haema…
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