93 results for “rib fracture”
91y · Male·The combined effects of chest injuries and old age
…st pain. While imaging revealed abnormalities, ED staff and a junior registrar considered these to be old fractures rather than acute injuries and discharged him with simple analgesia. The senior radiologist's report of …
61y · Female·Acute renal failure and dehydration in the setting of cirrhosis (secondary to he…
A 61-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C sustained rib and clavicle fractures in a motor vehicle collision. She was discharged from the ED after 6 hours despite h…
72y · Female·Pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures and chronic obstructive pulmo…
…resented to the emergency department on Good Friday with severe (9/10) right-sided chest pain from multiple rib fractures sustained in a fall. She was triaged to Category 5 (least urgent) despite severe pain and high-ri…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…n 88-year-old man with osteoporosis and cachexia, died from tuberculosis pneumonia precipitated by multiple rib fractures. He suffered elder abuse and neglect by his primary carer daughter over months before hospitaliza…
55y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
…s almost instantaneous due to unsurvivable injuries including complete thoracic spine transection, multiple rib fractures, and traumatic brain injury. This case highlights the critical importance of impairment assessmen…
56y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis secondary to airways obstruction from squamous cell carci…
…. He presented with progressive dysphagia from September 2019, initially managed as benign (dental abscess, rib fracture). Critical delay occurred: swallowing difficulties were documented but endoscopy not arranged unti…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
… woman, died on 4 August 2014 from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a rib fracture sustained in April 2014. She was detained in police custody on unpaid fines and presented twice to…
23y · Male·intra-cerebral haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use
…k-related head injury 4-6 weeks earlier. During a football game on 13 April 2013, he received a heavy blow (rib fracture) and used methylamphetamine. At the emergency department, ECG changes were misinterpreted as acute…
96y · Male·Blunt chest trauma from quad bike accident
…-related functional decline. The coroner highlighted the need for better regulation of quad bike sales, distribution, and use.
89y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a pedestrian, with h…
…10 km/h in wet weather conditions. The coroner found no suspicious circumstances and no medical factors contributing to the collision. The death was deemed a result of the traumatic injuries (pelvic fractures, rib fract…
82y · Male·complications from multiple injuries received in a motor vehicle accident
Karl Guy Meyers, 82 years old, died from complications of multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He developed an ileus or pseudo-colonic obstruction requiring nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion. The key c…
74y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
…, and evidence suggests he fell asleep while driving. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered multiple rib fractures with flail chest, haemopneumothorax, spinal fractures, and retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Despite i…
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
A 29-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced sudden…
86y · Male·Respiratory complications in a man with chronic lung disease and rib and pelvic …
…. He was treated at three hospitals over 12 days before dying from respiratory complications complicated by rib and pelvic fractures. The electric bicycle was classified and sold as a power-assisted pedal cycle (not req…
86y · Female·Bronchopneumonia complicating chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collis…
An 86-year-old woman died from bronchopneumonia complicating chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 17 June 2019. A stolen vehicle being driven recklessly by an unlicensed driver under the influence of …
58y · Male·Multiple injuries occasioned in a motor vehicle accident (broken neck, ruptured …
…aulus at the accident scene. Despite suffering a broken neck, ruptured liver, ruptured pelvis, and multiple rib fractures—injuries that were potentially survivable with appropriate treatment—Nurse Paulus failed to condu…
83y · Female·Pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures sustained in the setting of mult…
Margaret Barton, 83, died of pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures from multiple falls. Critical clinical lessons: (1) The Oxazepam regimen directly cont…
1y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest of unknown c…
…wn cause in the setting of detected methylamphetamine exposure. He had multiple healing traumatic injuries (rib fractures, wrist fracture, mesenteric injury, scrotal bruising) consistent with non-accidental trauma that …
35y · Male·Neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash; specifically cer…
…nical lessons: alcohol at BAC >0.12 increases crash risk 12-50 fold; mechanical defects in vehicles may contribute to loss of control; the cervical spine injury (C6-7 dislocation with likely cord transection) was fatal.…
72y · Female·multi-organ failure secondary to poly-trauma and likely bee-sting related toxidr…
Elaine Betty Sime, a 72-year-old fit and healthy woman, died from multi-organ failure following poly-trauma and bee sting toxidrome after a tree fell on her during a walk. The tree at Ruffey Lake Park Trail failed due to…
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