6 results for “hypostatic pneumonia”
75y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia in the setting of dementia
A 75-year-old woman with intellectual disability, dementia, and asplenia died from hypostatic bronchopneumonia. She had been declining since April 2016 with progressive weight loss, increased agitat…
82y · Male·hypostatic pneumonia
An 82-year-old man with dementia and multiple comorbidities died of hypostatic pneumonia following complications from a fall at a residential aged care facility. He sustained an L2 co…
86y · Female·Hypostatic pneumonia due to the consequences of a right pubic rami fracture and …
…spital transfer occurred four hours post-fall, revealing fractures unsuitable for surgery. She died from hypostatic pneumonia secondary to fracture complications. Key lessons: implement standardised post-fall assessment …
55y · Male·Staphylococcal sepsis, complications of pressure sores and hypostatic pneumonia,…
Stephen Summers, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and profound disability, died from Staphylococcal sepsis after rapid deterioration following deinstitutionalisation from Kew Cottages to community residential accomm…
91y · Male·Hypostatic pneumonia due to traumatic fracture of C7 and subluxation of C6/7, re…
…atic C7 fracture with C6/7 subluxation. Surgery was not feasible given his age and frailty. He developed pneumonia and died on 28 January 2015. The coroner identified systemic safety failures: inappropriate furniture, u…
85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…
…condyle and left neck of femur. Despite conservative management of fractures, she developed aspirational pneumonia and died on 5 May 2013. Investigation determined the hoist was in safe working order. The most probable …
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