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SAaged care2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Saberton, Linda Eileen

73y · Female·fractured neck of femur (operated) on a background of Alzheimer's dementia

Linda Eileen Saberton, aged 73, died from complications of a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall at her aged care facility, on a background of advanced Alzheimer's dementia. She had suffered two hip fractures wit…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerymedicationrisperidone

TAShospital2020-04-01

Coroner's Finding: Button, Shirley Gwendoline

69y · Female·subdural haematoma

A 69-year-old woman sustained a head injury from a witnessed fall, striking her head on a brick wall. She lost consciousness, experienced headache, vision problems and vomiting. CT imaging at the emergency department mis…

emergency medicineradiologydiagnosticanticoagulant

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