32 results for “internal fixation”
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was …
83y · Female·Diffuse Alveolar Damage in a woman with recent leg fracture and Atherosclerotic …
An 83-year-old woman with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mobility limitations fell from her bed while on a bedpan at an aged care facility, sustaining a compound ankle fracture. The registered nurse on duty had le…
82y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest as a result of fractured …
An 82-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following perioperative cardiac arrest during ankle fracture surgery. The anesthetist failed to recognise clinical deterioration, did not intubate despite sig…
58y · Male·multiorgan failure due to sepsis resulting from repeatedly fractured left humeru…
Wayne Anthony Lowe, aged 58, died of multiorgan failure due to sepsis following repeated humeral fractures sustained in falls. He was admitted with a right proximal humeral fracture from an intoxicated fall, discharged a…
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
Ronald Geoffrey Weeks, aged 84, died of respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at James Nash House psychiatric facility. He was serving an 8-year sentence for …
68y · Female·Pulmonary embolism due to deep venous thrombosis secondary to fractured left dis…
Mary Morrow, aged 68, died from pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis following a fractured left ankle sustained in Queensland on 23 June 2021. She received appropriate VTE prophylaxis initially (enoxaparin) but th…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
Joshua Szczudlo, a 33-year-old man with morbid obesity (estimated weight 195kg), underwent shoulder fracture repair surgery on 17 March 2016 at Liverpool Hospital. He died 38 hours post-operatively from a fatal cardiac a…
34y · Male·Air embolism and severe haemorrhage due to perforation of the right subclavian v…
Darryl Smith, aged 34, died following emergency surgery for a fractured clavicle at Sunnybank Private Hospital. During the final drilling of the sixth screw hole, the surgeon's drill penetrated the underlying right subcl…
47y · Male·Toxic effects of phosphine gas
Jeremy Harding-Roots died from phosphine gas toxicity after deliberately exposing himself to the pesticide fumigant aluminium phosphide (Fumitoxin) during a siege at his former girlfriend's residence. Key clinical and pr…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
Peter Martin Carroll, age 21, died on 8 June 2007 in the ICU at Royal Perth Hospital from acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that day (5 June) after …
77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
A 77-year-old woman with complex comorbidities (atrial fibrillation, aortic stenosis, chronic renal impairment, emphysema) on Warfarin sustained a femur fracture and underwent ORIF on day 3 of admission (19 Nov 2009). Ke…
45y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to prolonged hypoxia
A 45-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiopulmonary arrest 11 hours after elective wrist plate removal surgery. Multiple contributing factors were identified: undisclosed obstructive sl…
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