63 results for “hip fracture surgery”
76y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia, age-related frailty, consequences of left neck of f…
…Whish-Wilson, 76, sustained a fall in his aged care room in January 2024, leading to a right femoral neck fracture requiring surgical repair. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia complicated by deli…
83y · Female·Complications arising from a fall with C2 fracture and neck of femur fracture
An 83-year-old woman with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and a prior hip fracture sustained injuries from a fall in her aged care facility's dining room. Staff were absent from the…
93y · Male·general inanition on a background of cognitive impairment, congestive cardiac fa…
…-year-old man with dementia, heart failure, and chronic renal disease died of general inanition following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. He was under a guardianship order with special power…
82y · Male·complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer with end stage liver failure
…evention. When advanced pancreatic cancer was diagnosed, the treating specialist appropriately determined surgery and chemotherapy were unsuitable given disease stage and comorbidities. Palliative care was implemented, …
78y · Female·cardiorespiratory failure, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease together wit…
…a unit (Dinah), was punched by another resident (Mr A) on 4 September 2018 and fell backward onto her right hip, sustaining an osteoporotic fracture of the neck of femur. Despite physiotherapy recommendations that she w…
91y · Female·Pelvic haematoma complicating a fracture of the neck of the left femur
… Royal Hobart Hospital after a home fall. She fell from her hospital bed on 4 December 2015, fracturing her hip and sustaining a pelvic haematoma that proved fatal given her age and comorbidities. The coroner found her …
75y · Female·postoperative delirium/exacerbation of community acquired pneumonia following le…
…ity despite documented high falls risk and appropriate preventive measures. She sustained a neck of femur fracture requiring hemiarthroplasty. Postoperatively, she developed delirium, sepsis, and community-acquired pneum…
92y · Male·periprosthetic fracture of the left hip sustained from a fall from standing posi…
…s requiring prolonged admission. On day four, he suffered an unwitnessed fall resulting in a periprosthetic hip fracture, after which his condition rapidly deteriorated. He died in palliative care on day six. The corone…
84y · Male·acute aspiration complicating periprosthetic fractured right femur (operated) on…
Bryan Roocroft, 84 years old with severe dementia, suffered a periprosthetic right femur fracture after two falls at aged care on 24 December 2020 while on oxazepam. He underwent surgical repair on 25 De…
70y · Male·Metastatic melanoma with ischaemic heart disease as a contributing condition
…enlarging axillary mass in February 2023, confirmed as metastatic melanoma by biopsy in March. He underwent hip replacement for a pathological fracture and received immunotherapy, but deteriorated rapidly with fluid ove…
97y · Male·Complications of a fractured left neck of femur (operated), sustained in a fall
…d 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 …
86y · Male·coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis with significant conditions of fractured l…
…l hoist and sling, he became unstable and fell legs-first onto the floor, fracturing both legs and his left hip. The coroner identified several preventable system failures: the sling selection process lacked professiona…
56y · Male·Complications of atraumatic bilateral femoral fractures (repaired) during a seiz…
…, a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia, sustained multiple seizure-related bilateral femoral fractures. A subtle posterior cortical fracture to his left femur, sustained during a seizure on 15 June 2019, was…
70y · Male·uraemic encephalopathy
…onic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiac disease, fell at home in February 2020 causing a neck of femur fracture. He was treated surgically and remained hospitalised. During his prolonged admission, he acquired multipl…
90y · Female·Complications of a right fractured neck of femur (operated) sustained in a fall …
A 90-year-old woman with dementia sustained a fractured neck of femur after being nudged by another aggressive dementia-affected resident in an aged care facili…
85y · Female·ischaemic heart disease with renal failure
…n unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility on 20 April 2016, was transferred to hospital with a suspected hip fracture (later ruled out), and developed acute renal failure. She was subject to a guardianship order with…
90y · Female·Surgical repair of fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall complicated by CO…
Maria Grazia Nardiello, aged 90, died following surgical repair of a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall at an aged care facility, complicated by COVID-19 infection. She was p…
59y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity (propoxyphene, citalopram, oxazepam and others)
Mrs DA, aged 59, died from multiple drug toxicity (propoxyphene, citalopram, oxazepam and others) in March 2014. She had suffered a severe stroke in 2006 with resultant significant disability, chronic pain, and subsequen…
84y · Female·left lower lung bronchopneumonia in conjunction with small distal pulmonary embo…
An 84-year-old woman with comorbidities sustained right shoulder and pelvic fractures from an accidental fall. She presented to ED with low oxygen saturation (77%) requiring supplemental oxy…
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…
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