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127 results for severe hypoxic brain injury

VIC2012-01-24

Finding into death of Dominique Cupsa

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 complicat…

paediatricsneurosurgerycommunicationdiagnostic
WAhospital2015-02-26

Inquest into the Death of Peta Susan DOIG

58y · Female·pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury

A 58-year-old woman with autism and severe intellectual disability died from pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury follow…

psychiatryintensive carediagnosticdelayazithromycin
VIChospital2015-09-30

Finding into death of Kirat Singh

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 Jul…

neonatologypaediatricsphenobarbital
WAhospital2018-03-07

Inquest into the Death of William Scott BARTLETT

36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…

…police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia. Autopsy revealed severe coronary atherosclerosis and acute myocard…

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
VICcommunity2012-08-16

Finding into death of Janice King

45y · Female·Epilepsy

…ective CPR and intensive care management including intubation and anti-seizure medication loading, she had severe hypoxic brain injury and limited neurological recovery. Blood levels of sodium valproate and phenytoin wer…

intensive careemergency medicinesodium valproate
SAhospital2000-03-24

Coroner's Finding: JAMES Kevin

70y · Male·spontaneous left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage

… intracerebral haemorrhage at Modbury Hospital. He had pre-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, severe interstitial lung disease, and osteoporosis. In September 1998, he suffered a stroke and was appropriately…

emergency medicineintensive care
VIChome2012-08-16

Finding into death of LUCIA DI PIETRO

42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…

Lucia Di Pietro, a 42-year-old woman with severe autism and epilepsy living in Department of Human Services disability accommodation, choked on roast beef …

emergency medicineintensive care
TASaged care2021-06-24

Coroner's Finding: Hunn, Janine Mona

59y · Female·Diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents during …

Janine Hunn, a 59-year-old woman with Angelman syndrome, severe intellectual disability, kyphoscoliosis, and a history of epilepsy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, die…

general practiceemergency medicine
VIChospital2025-08-18

Finding into death of B T

53y · Male·Complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug toxicity (methylam…

…T, a 53-year-old man with substance use disorder and mental health conditions, died from complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug toxicity (methylamphetamine, benzodiazepines, metonitazene). He inje…

emergency medicineintensive caremethamphetamine
VIChospital2014-06-20

Finding into death of Rosalie Anne King

29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury

A 29-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma …

trauma surgeryintensive care
ACTaged care2003-08-04

Inquest Into The Manner And Cause Of Death Of Ivy Pearl Ghobrial

Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia

…earl Ghobrial died from bilateral acute bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in September 2001, following a hypoxic brain injury sustained from a hanging attempt in March 2000. The coroner found the death resulted inevita…

psychiatryneurology
TAShospital2021-03-19

Coroner's Finding: Master T

3y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest, possibly secondary t…

Master T, aged 3 years, died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest, likely due to aspiration pneumonitis. He had severe c…

paediatricsintensive careparacetamol
QLDhospital2025-05-01

Non-inquest findings into the death of an Indian citizen

23y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning

…swim. Despite prompt 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 co…

emergency medicineintensive care
WAhospital2019-12-20

Inquest into the Death of Child TJW

7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…

A child with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pne…

paediatricsneurologymorphine
SAaged care2019-05-29

Coroner's Finding: FIELD Glenda Rae

59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction

Glenda Rae Field, aged 59, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while eating dinner at her a…

emergency medicineintensive carefluoxenol
VIChospital2020-12-03

Finding into death of INFANT A

4y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting strangulation by a roller blind …

A 4-year-old girl died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following accidental strangulation by a roller blind cord. She climbed onto beds…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAScommunity2025-12-03

Coroner's Finding: de-identified JI

54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine

JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an alte…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdiazepam
VIChospital2012-07-03

Finding into death of Pruseyus Lily Sharp

0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage

Pruseyus Sharp was a 39-day-old neonate who died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to pneumonia and pulmonary haemorrhage caused by picornavirus infection. She prese…

paediatricsneonatologydelay
VICcommunity2012-02-06

Finding into death of John Miklosowa

38y · Male·Urosepsis

John Miklosowa, a 38-year-old man with Down syndrome and severe intellectual disability, died from urosepsis after rapid deterioration at his residential facility on 28 M…

general practiceurology
WAhospital2005-06-30

Inquest into the Death of Daniel Allan Sullivan

48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…

…was surgically resected. Despite successful surgery, the prolonged hypoxia from cardiac arrest resulted in severe hypoxic brain injury. He remained in ICU with minimal neurological recovery and was extubated on 20 June 2…

emergency medicinegeneral surgeryclozapine

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