17 results for “subdural haemorrhage evacuation”
74y · Male·Head injury in motor vehicle incident
…uck by a motor vehicle at a T-intersection in Rye, Victoria. He sustained a severe head injury with right subdural haemorrhage and bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage. Despite emergency decompressive craniotomy and evacua…
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
Josephine Cesnik, 76, died from complications of subdural haemorrhage following head trauma on 20 January 2008. She initially concealed the injury, attributing it …
48y · Male·Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke) caused by subdural haemorrhage, which resulted…
…wever, he deteriorated over the following days and was admitted to Danila Dilba on 8 April with suspected subdural haematoma, requiring emergency craniotomy on 9 April. He appeared to recover initially but suffered a cat…
<1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
…care of a babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December. Medical assessment revealed a skull fracture, bilateral subdural haematomas, subarachnoid haemorrhage, cerebral oedema, extensive bilateral retinal haemorrhages, traumati…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
Bert Sharpe, aged 58, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary …
78y · Male·head injury sustained when struck by a car
…actures. Despite emergency transport to Royal Melbourne Hospital, neurosurgery, craniotomy and haematoma evacuation, he developed progressive intracranial pressure elevation and new parenchymal haemorrhage. He was extuba…
18y · Male·complications of acute on chronic subdural haemorrhage (operated) in the setting…
George Diamond, 18, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haemorrhage sustained during boxing sparring on 18 February 2019. He had suffered a head injury during sp…
27y · Male·Head injury
…en transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where he died five days later from traumatic brain injury with subdural haematoma. Medical review identified that an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor migrated during treatmen…
28y · Female·Blunt head injury
Bekkie-Rae Curren, 28, died from blunt head injury sustained in an assault by her domestic partner on 26-27 November 2019. She had disclosed extensive family violence to support services, including strangulation, physica…
29y · Male·Head Injury
…ht on the rail, he fell head-first approximately 1.5 metres onto a concrete beam, suffering a large right subdural haematoma with subarachneal haemorrhage and extensive brain injury. He was airlifted to Sir Charles Gaird…
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…
64y · Female·acute subdural haemorrhage sustained after a fall on Ward 4A
Margaret Winter, 64, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall on Ward 4A on 13 December 2006. She had been admitted with decompensated liv…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
…ization focused on cardiac issues. He deteriorated rapidly on the ward 36 hours later with intracranial haemorrhage requiring emergency craniotomy. Expert evidence indicates early CT imaging would likely have identified…
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
…loser supervision or assigned a dedicated carer. He fell a second time, sustaining a fatal intracranial haemorrhage. Clinical lessons: adequate staffing for high-risk patients must be protected even during mass casualty…
71y · Male·Subdural haemorrhage on a background of an unwitnessed fall and anticoagulation …
…, medications including oxycodone 10mg and diazepam, frailty) and fell unwitnessed on day 2, sustaining a subdural haematoma requiring surgery. Although care was suboptimal, the coroner found the fall's cause multifactor…
26y · Male·Closed head injury with extradural and subdural haemorrhage resulting from a sku…
26-year-old Marcio Jose Lay Nheu died from a closed head injury with extradural haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head with a Maglite torch at Karama Shopping Centre. He was struck by Rodney Fo…
41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
…ation in early May 2014. He was admitted to Campbelltown Hospital but his serious intracranial pathology (subdural haematoma with 7mm midline shift) was not identified until 29 hours later despite reporting head tenderne…
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