7 results for “knee x-ray”
47y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolus
A 47-year-old nurse suffered a workplace fall resulting in a left ankle fracture requiring below-knee immobilisation. She was managed conservatively with a temporary cast for one week, then a permanent plaster…
80y · Male·acute myocardial ischaemia due to coronary atherosclerosis
Mr Wade, aged 80, died from acute myocardial infarction following knee surgery. On postoperative day 3, he developed chest symptoms, elevated troponin, and hypoxia. An ECG was pe…
62y · Male·Septic arthritis complicating left knee joint prosthesis in the setting of statu…
…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 replacemen…
34y · Male·Septicaemia resulting from Melioidosis
…sidered, though expert evidence confirmed this would be unusual given the presentation of a non-hot swollen knee without systemic symptoms. The primary clinical lesson concerns prison medical reception procedures: the de…
85y · Female·Multisystem failure complicating ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel in …
Lydia Maxfield, 85, died 5 days after elective left total knee replacement at a private hospital from multisystem failure due to ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bow…
81y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents complicating disseminated moderately differentiat…
Graham Joseph Butson, aged 81, died from aspiration of gastric contents complicating undiagnosed metastatic lung cancer with brain metastases. He presented with confusion, agitation and atrial fibrillation; a lung mass w…
65y · Male·staphylococcal sepsis (secondary to Staphylococcus aureus infection seeding rect…
…re suggestive of developing infection, particularly given contaminated farm soil abrasions to his elbow and knee. Junior surgical staff noted the abnormal results but did not escalate them to the consultant surgeon, Mr K…
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