47 results for “fracture fixation surgery”
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 …
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 car…
77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
…(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). Key clinical lessons: (1) Admission urinalysis wa…
82y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest as a result of fractured …
…ar-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 signs of hy…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
…hy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that day (5 June) after orthopaedic surgery for a wrist fracture sustained while intoxicated. Carroll had a documented psychiatric history including …
26y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis (left leg) due to fracture…
A 26-year-old woman with a tibia fracture died from pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis. Despite multiple risk factors (obesity, oral co…
56y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
…s while detained under the Mental Health Act in hospital. She presented with seizures and underwent wrist surgery. On 13 July, an intern noted oxygen saturation of 95% on supplemental oxygen and obtained arterial blood …
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