9 results for “hip dysplasia”
68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
A 68-year-old woman with mobility limitations from congenital hip dysplasia was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a pedestrian crossing. The driver failed to exercise…
60y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating Down syndrome
Philip Riley, a 60-year-old man with Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, bronchiectasis, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He had a documented history of recurrent chest…
63y · Male·asphyxia caused by hanging
…nd chronic pain, died by asphyxiation while detained at Roy Fagan Centre. He was unhappy about his guardianship order and detention. A solicitor provided him with an adverse psychological assessment on 19 October 2016. …
78y · Female·Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage
…of palliation given her comorbidities. The coroner found no evidence of a preventable cause and no relationship between her death and residential care status. Without full post-mortem examination, the precise source of …
46y · Female·Sepsis of unknown origin
Miranda Lynch, a 46-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, epilepsy, and aspiration pneumonia history, died from sepsis of unknown origin. She was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 20 April 2023 …
57y · Male·Aspiration of gastric content (due to choking on food)
Christopher Barca, a 57-year-old man with Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in a Department of Human Services group home, died from aspiration of gastric content. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia, epilepsy, …
7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…
A child with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure. Born with severe perinatal brain injury, she had comple…
<1y · Female·undetermined (chronic malnutrition ruled out; possible dehydration with electrol…
Baby C, born prematurely at 32 weeks (1.64kg), was discharged from Alice Springs Hospital on 2 January 2013 medically well and appropriately. She was placed in foster care with Ms Preston, an exceptionally experienced an…
31y · Male·Complications in association with intestinal volvulus
31-year-old Morgan Edwards with Smith-Magenis Syndrome, cerebral palsy and Crohn's disease was discharged from Fiona Stanley Hospital ED on 14 August 2018 without definitive diagnosis despite elevated respiration rate, u…
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