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16 results for femoral fracture surgical repair

VICaged care2022-03-30

Finding into death of Arsinoi Karamoskos

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 …

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
TAShospital2022-02-23

Coroner's Finding: Attwood, Maurice

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…

orthopaedic surgeryintensive care
TAShospital2017-09-25

Coroner's Finding: Willox, Brian William

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…

orthopaedic surgerygeneral medicine
TASaged care2020-02-14

Coroner's Finding: Whitney, Margaret Ann

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…

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TASaged care2024-10-22

Coroner's Finding: Whish-Wilson, Leslie Bruce

76y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia, age-related frailty, consequences of left neck of f…

Leslie Bruce 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 compl…

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SAhospital2022-12-16

Coroner's Finding: Roocroft, Bryan

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…

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VIChospital2021-04-14

Finding into death of Mark James O'Brien

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 …

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TAShospital2023-08-02

Coroner's Finding: Slatter, Ronald Reginald

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…

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VICaged care2020-07-22

Finding into death of Dorothy Boyle

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 …

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VICaged care2025-03-14

Finding into death of Maria Grazia Nardiello

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…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystem
WAaged care2014-07-23

Inquest into the Death of Daniel

83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…

Nola Inez Daniel, 83, died from complications following a hip fracture and subsequent surgery at Bunbury Regional Hospital on 7 January 2010. She sustained a fractured left nec…

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VIChospital2019-05-17

Finding into death of Mabel Grace Ellen Pritchard

90y · Female·Hospital acquired pneumonia in the setting of recent fractures of neck of humeru…

A 90-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities residing in aged care sustained a hip fracture from a fall in January 2018. Following surgical repair and initial hospital treatment, she was transferre…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystempiperacillin/tazobactam
WAaged care

Inquest into the Death of Nola Inez DANIEL

83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…

… December 2009. She sustained three falls on Christmas Day, with the final fall at 7:30 PM resulting in a fractured left hip that was not identified by nursing staff. Nurse Meyer assessed her after this fall, noted a hea…

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QLDhospital2011-11-04

Smith, Darryl Robert

34y · Male·Air embolism and severe haemorrhage due to perforation of the right subclavian v…

Darryl Smith, aged 34, died following emergency surgery for a fractured clavicle at Sunnybank Private Hospital. During the final drilling of the sixth screw hole, the surgeon's…

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WAhospital2007-05

Inquest into the Death of frith

80y · Female·Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a woman with Left Femur Fracture

Sheila Margaret Frith, 80, sustained a left femur fracture after falling at the top of an escalator at an immigration office on 4 July 2005. She was admitted to Sir…

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WAhospital2013-11-12

Inquest into the Death of Ford, Valma May Ruth

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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