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34 results for fractured femur neck

SAhospital2021-06-30

Coroner's Finding: VOIVODICH Guido

84y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia and a fractured neck of …

84-year-old man with end-stage dementia died from general inanition following a fractured neck of femur sustained while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He was admitted in January 2019…

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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…

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TAShospital2021-05-12

Coroner's Finding: Porthouse, David John

70y · Male·uraemic encephalopathy

…old man with chronic 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 …

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VICaged care2011-07-18

Finding into death of Annie Kane

93y · Female·Complications of fractured neck of femur in a woman with congenital heart failur…

Annie Kane, 93, with congestive heart failure and hypertension, sustained a fractured neck of femur following an unwitnessed fall at Jasmine Lodge supported residential service in July 2009.…

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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 infection. She was p…

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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…

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VICaged care2020-11-05

Finding into death of Sylvia Valerie Woolford

88y · Female·Complications of fractured neck of femur

An 88-year-old woman with advanced dementia died from complications following a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall caused by another resident with vascular dementia in a secured aged ca…

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VICaged care2013

Finding into death of Moira McCarthy

85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…

… unexpectedly during a patient transfer. She was struck on the head and fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured occipital condyle and left neck of femur. Despite conservative management of fractures, she developed as…

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VICaged care2020-05-04

Finding into death of Jane Nola Rolph

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…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
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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VICaged care2019-03-19

Finding into death of Anthony Charles Debono

97y · Male·Complications of a fractured left neck of femur (operated), sustained in a fall

… 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 …

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SAaged care2024-05-22

Coroner's Finding: Kaczaniw, Iwan

93y · Male·general inanition on a background of cognitive impairment, congestive cardiac fa…

A 93-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 po…

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VICaged care2023-06-27

Finding into death of Elizabeth Ethel Watson

89y · Female·Complications of fractured neck of femur in the setting of a fall in a woman wit…

… 5pm diagnosed only soft tissue injury. Hospital transfer was delayed until the following day, revealing fractured neck of femur, pubic rami fractures, and other injuries. The coroner found staffing failures were critic…

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SAhospital2020-07-16

Coroner's Finding: HANAN Desmond George

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

…oke, 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 agitation. He …

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SAhospital2022-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Underwood, Richard

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

…respiratory 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 wit…

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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…

…ng a hip fracture and subsequent surgery at Bunbury Regional Hospital on 7 January 2010. She sustained a fractured left neck of femur during a fall at Regis Forrest Gardens aged care facility on Christmas Day 2009, but …

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SAaged care2025-08-28

Coroner's Finding: Andrysik, Anne Carol

80y · Female·Fractured left neck of femur on a background of rectal carcinoma and dementia

An 80-year-old woman with dementia and undiagnosed rectal carcinoma died from complications of a fractured left neck of femur sustained during a fall in her aged care facility's memory support unit. She had sust…

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VICcommunity2023-04-03

Finding into death of Deborah Leona Smith

64y · Female·complications following a fractured neck of femur and mandible from a fall

…issociative identity disorder (DID) and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died from complications of a fractured femur and mandible sustained in a fall from a fence at Quest Apartments on 14 August 2022. She had been …

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WAhospital2009-08-25

Inquest into the Death of Partington

88y · Female·pneumonia and morphine toxicity in an elderly lady with a recent left leg and le…

…ld woman, suffered an unwitnessed fall at a residential aged care facility on 4 May 2008 and sustained a fractured left neck of femur, displaced fracture of the left humerus, and pneumonia. She was transferred to Albany…

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SAaged care2024-01-19

Coroner's Finding: Elliott, Ronald Arthur

80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and chron…

…t the aged care facility or hospital. The case highlights the high mortality risk in elderly patients with femur fractures (25% at 30 days, 50% at one year) and the complex medical management required. The surgeon noted…

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