Coronial

90 results for femur fracture

TASaged care2022-08-10

Coroner's Finding: Paynter, Pamela

80y · Female·terminal exacerbation of congestive cardiac failure due to a fracture of the rig…

An 80-year-old woman resident in an aged care facility fell in her room and sustained a neck of femur fracture. She was conscious after the fall with no evidence of head injury. She declined hospital transfer…

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TASaged care2025-12-12

Coroner's Finding: Mitchelmore, Susan

70y · Female·pneumonia and post-surgical course following repair of neck of femur fracture, i…

…was a resident in an aged care facility under a Mental Health Act Treatment Order. She sustained a neck of femur fracture from a fall despite appropriate falls prevention strategies in place. Following surgical fixation…

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SAhospital2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Ferns, Patricia Dorothy

79y · Female·cardiogenic shock following repair of fractured right femur on a background of a…

Mrs Patricia Ferns, aged 79, died from cardiogenic shock following femur fracture repair, complicated by underlying aortic valve stenosis, atherosclerotic disease and hypertension…

cardiologyorthopaedic surgery
TASaged care2025-01-14

Coroner's Finding: Rickard-Simms, Adrienne Rosemary

75y · Female·postoperative delirium/exacerbation of community acquired pneumonia following le…

…e facility 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-acquir…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
SAhospital2022-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Underwood, Richard

97y · Male·respiratory failure attributed to aspiration pneumonia on a background of advanc…

…ry failure due to aspiration pneumonia on a background of advanced dementia, a surgically repaired neck of femur fracture, and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. He was admitted to hospital in late September 2019 with behavi…

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VICaged care2023-01-16

Finding into death of Heather Amy Robertson

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 dining…

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TASaged care2023-02-22

Coroner's Finding: Cash, Robert

89y · Male·peri-prosthetic fracture of right femur

…ident in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall in his bathroom, sustaining a peri-prosthetic right distal femur fracture. He was assessed as high falls risk. Post-operatively his condition deteriorated with decreased c…

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SAhospital2023-04-11

Coroner's Finding: Rerich, Josef

78y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating neck of femur fracture (operated) on a backgrou…

A 78-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (heart failure, renal disease, COPD) suffered a neck of femur fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility. Post-operatively he deteriorated with acute re…

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SAaged care2022-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Lauder, Ian Ross

80y · Male·general inanition and pneumonia on a background of advanced vascular dementia, c…

…on a background of advanced vascular dementia, cerebrovascular disease, and a recently operated right hip fracture. He had suffered a fall on 3 October 2019, sustaining a neck of femur fracture requiring surgery. During …

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SAaged care2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Perkins, Ann

77y · Female·general inanition on a background of dementia, chronic subdural haematoma and ri…

Mrs Ann Perkins, aged 77, died from general inanition with dementia, chronic subdural haematoma, and fractured neck of femur as contributing factors. She sustained an unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility in De…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
TAShospital2022-11-30

Coroner's Finding: Hughes, Ellis Newton

83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia

…s 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 2020 at Ro…

orthopaedic surgeryemergency medicine
SAhospital2020-07-16

Coroner's Finding: HANAN Desmond George

90y · Male·pneumonia complicating fractured right neck of femur (operated) on a background …

…pertension, 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 agitation. He underwe…

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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 …

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SAaged care2024-01-19

Coroner's Finding: Bell, Aileene

85y · Female·general inanition on a background of vascular dementia and a recent right neck o…

…oman with vascular dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and atrial fibrillation sustained a right neck of femur fracture from a fall at her aged care facility on 5 August 2020, despite being on a sensor mat, ultra-low …

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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 admitte…

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TAScommunity2026-06-26

Coroner's Finding: McKay, Graham John

82y · Male·respiratory failure

…ith significant pre-existing conditions including COPD, cardiac failure, and kidney disease, he sustained fractures to his femur, ribs, and sternum. Transported to Royal Hobart Hospital, he developed aspiration pneumonia…

intensive careemergency medicine
TAS2022-02-04

Coroner's Finding: Cupit, Leon Gordon

Male·Chest and leg injuries, specifically fracture dislocation through T4/T5 of the s…

Leon Gordon Cupit died from chest and leg injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision with a motor vehicle on 25 April 2021 near Campania, Tasmania. He was attempting to overtake in an area with double white continuous …

forensic medicine
SAhospital2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Kennedy, Beulah Laura

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…

geriatric medicinepsychiatry
TAShospital2019-02-22

Coroner's Finding: Mansfield, Doreen

78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…

…h Act treatment order. She sustained an unwitnessed fall in her room on 1 August 2015, fracturing her left femur, and died from complications on 2 August 2015. A falls risk assessment completed on admission classified h…

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SAaged care2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Saberton, Linda Eileen

73y · Female·fractured neck of femur (operated) on a background of Alzheimer's dementia

Linda Eileen Saberton, aged 73, died from complications of a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall at her aged care facility, on a background of advanced Alzheimer's dem…

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