89y · Female·complications of a femoral neck fracture (operated) in an elderly woman with mul…
An 89-year-old woman with dementia suffered a femoral neck fracture when pushed by another dementia patient in a secure geriatric unit corridor. She underwent …
81y · Female·hypovolemic shock due to haemorrhage during orthopaedic repair of a femur fractu…
…n with vascular dementia, died from hypovolemic shock due to haemorrhage during orthopaedic surgery for a femoral fracture sustained in a fall at her nursing home. She had been subject to guardianship orders and was liv…
86y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia
Maurice Attwood, 86 years old, died of hospital-acquired pneumonia following surgical repair of a femoral neck fracture sustained in a fall at home. He had significant comorbidities including dysphagia with aspi…
56y · Male·Complications of atraumatic bilateral femoral fractures (repaired) during a seiz…
… O'Brien, 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 …
78y · Male·Complications of blood loss from femoral fracture sustained in harness riding in…
A 78-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease on warfarin sustained a compound femoral fracture with massive bleeding after a harness racing accident in a rural location. Despite exemplary pre…
81y · Male·pneumonia complicating fracture of the neck of the right femur sustained in a fa…
…e chronic conditions including dementia, ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, and hypertension sustained a fractured right femoral neck from a fall at an aged care facility. He underwent surgical repair but developed pneu…
96y · Female·Decompensated frailty syndrome following right femoral neck fracture from fall
…'s aged care facility, died from decompensated frailty syndrome following a fall that resulted in a right femoral neck fracture. She was a frail elderly woman with multiple comorbidities including dementia, macular dege…
89y · Female·Pulmonary embolism due to deep venous thrombosis
… aged 89, died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following delayed diagnosis of a femoral neck fracture. She fell on 8 January 2007 at an aged care facility and reported hip pain, but the fractur…
90y · Male·pneumonia complicating fractured right neck of femur (operated) on a background …
…or stroke, hypertension, and cerebrovascular disease was admitted to hospital following a fall with right femoral neck fracture. He was placed on a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order due to delirium and agitati…
99y · Female·pneumonia due to a fractured right neck of femur (hip) sustained in a fall
A 99-year-old woman with advanced dementia resident in aged care fell and sustained a right femoral neck fracture. Despite being assessed as high falls risk with multiple prevention measures in place, she …
95y · Female·end-stage dementia and inanition complicated by fractured neck of femur (operate…
Mrs Beulah Kennedy, aged 95, died from end-stage dementia and inanition complicated by a fractured neck of femur. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital on 10 September 2021 with agitation and falls…
93y · Male·Alzheimer's dementia (as recorded on MCCD); however, the death resulted from a f…
…inald Slatter, aged 93, died at Mersey Community Hospital on 22 July 2022, three weeks after sustaining a fractured neck of right femur from a fall on 1 July 2022. While the coroner found no issues with his clinical care…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Ellis Newton Hughes, 83-year-old retired mining engineer with metastatic prostate cancer, sustained a femoral fracture in a fall on 5 February 2020. He underwent open reduction and internal fixation on 10 February 2…
91y · Female·pelvic haematoma arising from a fracture of the neck of the left femur sustained…
…oyed (no bed lowering, floor mats, or bed sensors). She fell from her hospital bed on day 2, sustaining a femoral neck fracture that led to pelvic haematoma and death. The coroner found this preventable, emphasizing tha…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure on a background of liver cirrhosis and …
… liver failure. She was in custody at Bandyup Women's Prison when she fell on 2 June 2016, fracturing her femoral neck. During her 15-month incarceration, several clinical management gaps were identified: no formal fall…
92y · Female·Complications of a fractured left femur (operated), sustained in a fall
Dorothy Lorraine Boyle, aged 92, died from complications of a left femoral fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. She fell while attempting to push out a wandering …
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and chron…
…d 80, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and COPD following a hip fracture. He fell on 12 June 2020, underwent left hip hemiarthroplasty at Flinders Medical Centre, and was dischar…
40y · Female·Sepsis secondary to ureteritis, pyelonephritis and aspiration pneumonia with a c…
… from sepsis secondary to ureteritis, pyelonephritis, and aspiration pneumonia. She had sustained a femur fracture from an unwitnessed fall in early September and recovered well after surgical treatment. Two weeks after …
84y · Female·pneumonia and fracture of the neck of right femur following a fall
Mrs Bell, aged 84, died from pneumonia and a fractured right femoral neck sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. She had advanced Alzheimer's…
89y · Female·pneumonia and acute renal failure following a fractured right femur due to a fal…
Margaret Evalina Bugg, aged 89, died from pneumonia and acute renal failure following a spiral fracture of her right femur sustained during a fall from a stand-up lifter on 17 December 2015. A mobility assessm…
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