16 results for “CT scan of hip”
91y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a fall
…omorbidities sustained pelvic fractures in a mechanical fall at home. She presented to the ED where initial hip x-ray showed no fracture. She deteriorated with hypotension and was treated with antibiotics for presumed p…
63y · Male·Complications of Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
…om complications of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. He was diagnosed in November 2012 following a CT scan investigating chest symptoms and weight loss. His care involved coordination between St Vincent's Hospital,…
65y · Female·Pneumonia and right hip haematoma following a fall in a woman with multiple medi…
…pcott, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities, died from pneumonia and hip haematoma following a fall. She lived in supported disability accommodation and was under a palliative care…
72y · Male·Metastatic bladder cancer; likely mechanism pulmonary embolism from combined eff…
A 72-year-old male underwent hip replacement despite undiagnosed metastatic bladder cancer. Following referral from his GP in May 2014 for a…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with emphysema as secondary cause
…a, hepatitis C and possible malignancy, died from coronary atherosclerosis and emphysema. He presented with hip pain, shortness of breath and fever, initially diagnosed as hip joint infection. Investigation revealed a r…
31y · Male·metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma
…e altered outcome as disease was advanced. Patient-initiated pain complaints from 2010-2012 concerning left hip/back pain were unrelated to sarcoma; attempted MRI investigations were repeatedly cancelled but expert conf…
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…
42y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer at a hospice after progressive deterioration. She had cerebral palsy from infancy and lived in Department of Human Services care for 42 years. Diagnosed with b…
64y · Male·Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
…ital on 10 May 2020. He had been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in February 2019 after presenting with hip pain and weight loss. His cancer had metastasised widely, and by March 2019 he was on a palliative care pat…
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
A 76-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia, COPD, and osteoporosis died of right lower lobe pneumonia following multiple falls causing pelvic and rib fractures at a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital on 9 Febr…
56y · Male·Complications of atraumatic bilateral femoral fractures (repaired) during a seiz…
…linical concerns about pain and reluctance to mobilise. The fracture went undiagnosed for 9 days until a CT scan on 26 June 2019, during which time Mr O'Brien continued rehabilitation on an unstable leg. He suffered a th…
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome and pelvic fractures
Damien Mark Stone, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, died from aspiration pneumonia following a pelvic fracture sustained during hospital admission. Key clinical lessons include: (…
75y · Male·bilateral subdural haematoma due to fall
Walter Robert Hanslow, a 75-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and significant mobility limitations, sustained a fall at a nursing home on 9 June 2018. He was found on the ground but initially ap…
48y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep ve…
A 48-year-old woman with morbid obesity and smoking history presented to a rural hospital with severe hip and leg pain. Over five days across two hospitals, no venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment was perf…
74y · Male·small intestinal ischaemia caused by aortic atherosclerosis
A 74-year-old man presented to hospital with abdominal pain following a fall. He developed hypotension, fever, tachycardia, and elevated inflammatory markers consistent with sepsis within hours of admission. Despite clea…
31y · Male·Complications in association with intestinal volvulus
31-year-old Morgan Edwards with Smith-Magenis Syndrome, cerebral palsy and Crohn's disease was discharged from Fiona Stanley Hospital ED on 14 August 2018 without definitive diagnosis despite elevated respiration rate, u…
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