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11 results for fractured left neck of femur

SAhospital2021-06-30

Coroner's Finding: VOIVODICH Guido

84y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia and a fractured neck of …

84-year-old man with end-stage dementia died from general inanition following a fractured neck of femur sustained while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He was admitted in January 2019…

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VICaged care2013

Finding into death of Moira McCarthy

85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…

… unexpectedly during a patient transfer. She was struck on the head and fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured occipital condyle and left neck of femur. Despite conservative management of fractures, she developed as…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgeryproceduralcommunicationmorphine
SAhospital2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Kennedy, Beulah Laura

95y · Female·end-stage dementia and inanition complicated by fractured neck of femur (operate…

Mrs Beulah Kennedy, aged 95, died from end-stage dementia and inanition complicated by a fractured neck of femur. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital on 10 September 2021 with agitation and falls…

geriatric medicinepsychiatry
WAaged care2014-07-23

Inquest into the Death of Daniel

83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…

…ng a hip fracture and subsequent surgery at Bunbury Regional Hospital on 7 January 2010. She sustained a fractured left neck of femur during a fall at Regis Forrest Gardens aged care facility on Christmas Day 2009, but …

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VICaged care2019-03-19

Finding into death of Anthony Charles Debono

97y · Male·Complications of a fractured left neck of femur (operated), sustained in a fall

… multiple falls risk factors fell during a supervised outing from his aged care facility and sustained a fractured neck of femur. Despite being classified as an extreme falls risk requiring constant supervision and not …

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SAaged care2025-08-28

Coroner's Finding: Andrysik, Anne Carol

80y · Female·Fractured left neck of femur on a background of rectal carcinoma and dementia

An 80-year-old woman with dementia and undiagnosed rectal carcinoma died from complications of a fractured left neck of femur sustained during a fall in her aged care facility's memory support unit. She had sust…

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WAhospital2009-08-25

Inquest into the Death of Partington

88y · Female·pneumonia and morphine toxicity in an elderly lady with a recent left leg and le…

…ld woman, suffered an unwitnessed fall at a residential aged care facility on 4 May 2008 and sustained a fractured left neck of femur, displaced fracture of the left humerus, and pneumonia. She was transferred to Albany…

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SAaged care2024-01-19

Coroner's Finding: Elliott, Ronald Arthur

80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and chron…

…ted by severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and COPD following a hip fracture. He fell on 12 June 2020, underwent left hip hemiarthroplasty at Flinders Medical Centre, and was discharged but readmitted with deterioration. The …

orthopaedic surgerygeneral medicine
VICaged care2020-07-22

Finding into death of Dorothy Boyle

92y · Female·Complications of a fractured left femur (operated), sustained in a fall

Dorothy Lorraine Boyle, aged 92, died from complications of a left femoral fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. She fell while attempting to push out a wand…

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NSWhospital2014-12-05

Inquest into the death of Edna Beryl WHALEN

89y · Female·Pulmonary embolism due to deep venous thrombosis

…89, died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following delayed diagnosis of a femoral neck fracture. She fell on 8 January 2007 at an aged care facility and reported hip pain, but the fracture was n…

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VIChospital2025-04-17

Finding into death of Graeme William Dimsey

62y · Male·Septic arthritis complicating left knee joint prosthesis in the setting of statu…

… man with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy died from septic arthritis of a prosthetic left knee joint. He presented with fever, knee pain, and delirium in November 2022, three months post-knee repla…

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