11 results for “fractured humerus”
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
…ruck by a reversing vehicle at low speed, sustaining subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and fractured humerus. She was initially managed conservatively at Ballarat Base Hospital with neurosurgery consultati…
58y · Male·multiorgan failure due to sepsis resulting from repeatedly fractured left humeru…
…ing the same arm. During his hospital stay, he suffered a third fall on 3 February 2023 injuring his left humerus. Clinical lessons: falls risk assessment should occur at admission, not after the first fall. Delirium as…
84y · Male·Complications of fracture left humerus neck due to fall due to hyperactive delir…
…rimary diagnosis and underappreciated how unwell the patient was. After a subsequent fall resulting in a fractured humerus, he was again discharged without admission. The coroner identified missed opportunities for hosp…
87y · Female·General inanition complicating mixed vascular and Alzheimer's dementia on a back…
Victoria Feldstein, 87, died of general inanition complicating mixed vascular and Alzheimer's dementia following a left humeral fracture sustained in aged care. She fell on 16 August 2020, initially managed conservativel…
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…
85y · Female·Sepsis relating to an infected right shoulder wound (including MRSA)
Ellen Plymin, aged 85, sustained a fractured humerus in a fall and underwent surgical fixation at Western Hospital on 10 May 2007. She returned to We…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
An 81-year-old woman with longstanding depression and multiple comorbidities fell and fractured her humerus in March 2009. During rehabilitation, she became increasingly depressed and self-neglectful,…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
Robin David Macartney, a 62-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, died from bronchopneumonia secondary to metastatic colon cancer. He was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in December 2006 but refused s…
69y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin
A 69-year-old woman with diabetes, cardiac disease, and vulnerable kidneys died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin. She presented to a rural hospital on 28 June 2012 with vomiting, dehydration, and …
65y · Female·Liver failure secondary to paracetamol toxicity
…etamol toxicity and liver failure after taking excessive paracetamol tablets for pain relief following a fractured arm. She presented to hospital on Saturday with a fracture. Critical pathology results showing markedly …
12y · Male·Head injuries resulting from ride-on mower collision
Jake Garrett-Pratt, a 12-year-old boy, died from fatal head injuries sustained when he lost control of a poorly maintained ride-on lawn mower on a steep driveway. The rear axle drive chain broke due to inadequate mainten…
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