Coronial

16 results for hip fracture surgical repair

SAaged care2022-04-14

Coroner's Finding: Lauder, Ian Ross

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

…ition 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. …

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TASaged care2024-12-18

Coroner's Finding: Martin, Shirley Dorothy

91y · Female·exacerbation of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia following sur…

…rothy Dawn Martin, an 91-year-old with advanced Alzheimer's disease and multiple comorbidities, sustained a hip fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility on 8 August 2022. She underwent surgical repair

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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…

…e 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…

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WAaged care

Inquest into the Death of Nola Inez DANIEL

83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…

… December 2009. She sustained three falls on Christmas Day, with the final fall at 7:30 PM resulting in a fractured left hip that was not identified by nursing staff. Nurse Meyer assessed her after this fall, noted a hea…

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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…

…esident 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 at hosp…

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TASaged care2021-07-14

Coroner's Finding: Cano, Carmen

84y · Female·complications of a fractured left hip suffered in an unwitnessed fall in aged ca…

…mentia and osteoporosis residing in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall in a corridor, sustaining a left hip fracture. She underwent high-risk surgical repair on day 3 post-fall. Post-operatively, her family requeste…

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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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TASaged care2024-10-22

Coroner's Finding: Whish-Wilson, Leslie Bruce

76y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia, age-related frailty, consequences of left neck of f…

…Whish-Wilson, 76, sustained a fall in his aged care room in January 2024, leading to a right femoral neck fracture requiring surgical repair. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia complicated by deli…

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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…

Nola Inez Daniel, 83, died from complications following a hip fracture and subsequent surgery at Bunbury Regional Hospital on 7 January 2010. She sustained a fractured l…

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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 on 25 De…

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VIChospital2019-05-17

Finding into death of Mabel Grace Ellen Pritchard

90y · Female·Hospital acquired pneumonia in the setting of recent fractures of neck of humeru…

A 90-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities residing in aged care sustained a hip fracture from a fall in January 2018. Following surgical repair and initial hospital treatment, she was tra…

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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…

…-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 power…

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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…

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VIChospital2021-04-14

Finding into death of Mark James O'Brien

56y · Male·Complications of atraumatic bilateral femoral fractures (repaired) during a seiz…

…, a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia, sustained multiple seizure-related bilateral femoral fractures. A subtle posterior cortical fracture to his left femur, sustained during a seizure on 15 June 2019, was…

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WAhospital2005-05-16

Inquest into the Death of Sweet

90y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage

…, a 90-year-old woman with mild dementia, was admitted to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in April 2002 for surgical repair of a fractured femur. She was rehabilitating on Ward G51 (orthopaedics) with a goal to regain inde…

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WAhospital2013-11-12

Inquest into the Death of Ford, Valma May Ruth

77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…

…(atrial fibrillation, aortic stenosis, chronic renal impairment, emphysema) on Warfarin sustained a femur fracture and underwent ORIF on day 3 of admission (19 Nov 2009). Key clinical lessons: (1) Admission urinalysis wa…

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