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15 results for fractured right femur

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
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
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
SAhospital2020-07-16

Coroner's Finding: HANAN Desmond George

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

…ith prior 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 …

orthopaedic surgerypsychiatryantibiotics
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 r…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgeryoxazepam
TASaged care2017-06-12

Coroner's Finding: Bugg, Margaret Evalina

89y · Female·pneumonia and acute renal failure following a fractured right femur due to a fal…

…aret 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 assessment in October…

emergency medicinegeriatric medicineproceduraldiagnostic
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…

…nald 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…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerycommunicationsystem
VICaged care2024-04-30

Finding into death of Jean Meyer

96y · Female·complications following a fractured distal right femur

A 96-year-old woman died from complications of a hip fracture sustained when pushed by a fellow resident with severe dementia at an aged care facility. The resident pressed the call bell for help, but the system was non-…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystem
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…

… 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 care2023-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Taylor, Irene Barbara

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 plac…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystem
QLDhospital2013-05-22

Thoresen, Cynthia

88y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to fractured right femur due to a fall

Cynthia Thoresen, 88-year-old woman with dementia and osteoporosis, fell at home and sustained a fractured femur approximately three weeks before admission. Her daughter, the registered carer, failed to seek med…

orthopaedic surgeryemergency medicinedelaysystemmorphine
VICaged care2019-10-15

Finding into death of Patricia O'Connor

84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …

…ine Aged Persons Mental Health Unit on 15 August 2017 during a manic relapse. On 25 August, she fell and fractured her right femur while ambulating with a frame in the low-stimulus area despite being assessed as high fa…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinesystempaliperidone
TASaged care2023-08-08

Coroner's Finding: Bell, Elizabeth Robertson

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…

geriatric medicinephysiotherapysystemproceduralmorphine
QLDaged care2012-10-19

Anderson, Stanley Charles

86y · Male·coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis with significant conditions of fractured l…

Mr. Stanley Charles Anderson, aged 86, died at Gympie General Hospital from coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis, precipitated by injuries sustained in a fall at a nursing home. While transferring from a bath trolley to…

geriatric medicineoccupational and environmental healthsystemcommunication
VIChospital2025-04-17

Finding into death of Graeme William Dimsey

62y · Male·Septic arthritis complicating left knee joint prosthesis in the setting of statu…

A 62-year-old man with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy died from septic arthritis of a prosthetic left knee joint. He presented with fever, knee pain, and delirium in November 2022, three months po…

orthopaedic surgeryinfectious diseasesdiagnosticproceduralceftriaxone

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