137 results for “multiple rib fractures”
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
An 81-year-old man sustained multiple rib fractures from a 1.5m ladder fall. Initial assessment at a rural hospital on day one was appropriate.…
67y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of aspiration and posterior rib fractures
…ntellectual disability, dementia, and aspiration risk factors, died from pneumonia complicated by posterior rib fractures of unclear origin. He was found unresponsive at his supported accommodation and could not be resu…
91y · Male·The combined effects of chest injuries and old age
…t pain. While imaging revealed abnormalities, ED staff and a junior registrar considered these to be old fractures rather than acute injuries and discharged him with simple analgesia. The senior radiologist's report of …
71y · Male·Complications of rib fractures, liver laceration and pneumothorax sustained in a…
Anthony Joseph Moore, 71, died from complications of rib fractures, liver laceration and pneumothorax sustained in a fall at Bundoora Park on 15 August 2025. While …
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…Yuan, an 88-year-old man with osteoporosis and cachexia, died from tuberculosis pneumonia precipitated by multiple rib fractures. He suffered elder abuse and neglect by his primary carer daughter over months before hospi…
70y · Male·Trauma of the chest and abdomen; severe chest injuries including multiple bilate…
A 70-year-old man died from severe blunt chest and abdominal trauma sustained when the vehicle he was a passenger in left the road and struck a large rock. The driver (his wife) lost control of the vehicle on a clear day…
94y · Female·pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures, complicated by malignant left ple…
Mrs Standaloft, aged 94, died of pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures complicated by malignant pleural effusion and recurrent lung carcinoma, sustained in an unwitness…
<1y · Female·subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage and oedema caused by severe shaki…
…ital with fever, poor feeding, and loose stools, and investigations revealed extensive brain bleeding and multiple rib fractures. She was transferred to Royal Hobart Hospital ICU but died shortly after parents consented …
72y · Female·Pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures and chronic obstructive pulmo…
…betes presented to the emergency department on Good Friday with severe (9/10) right-sided chest pain from multiple rib fractures sustained in a fall. She was triaged to Category 5 (least urgent) despite severe pain and h…
79y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (operated), sustained in a motor vehicle inci…
A 79-year-old man died from complications of multiple injuries sustained when his wife's vehicle was struck by an unmarked police car at an intersection. The p…
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
…old man with frontotemporal dementia, COPD, and osteoporosis died of right lower lobe pneumonia following multiple falls causing pelvic and rib fractures at a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital on 9 February 2022 …
<1y · Male·Traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage…
…g approximately one month apart, with the final injury likely occurring on the day of hospital admission. Multiple rib fractures were also identified at autopsy. All treating medical experts rejected proposed accidental …
61y · Female·Acute renal failure and dehydration in the setting of cirrhosis (secondary to he…
A 61-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C sustained rib and clavicle fractures in a motor vehicle collision. She was discharged from the ED after 6 hours despite h…
52y · Male·Left chest cavity and abdominal cavity haemorrhage due to multiple rib fractures…
…sive internal bleeding (left chest and abdominal cavity haemorrhage) following a motorcycle accident with multiple rib fractures and splenic laceration. He initially appeared to recover with conservative management but d…
66y · Male·multiple injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with multiple…
A 66-year-old experienced racing driver died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Lakeside Raceway. His vehicle's accelerator jammed, causin…
40y · Male·lower limb and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision, including mu…
…attentive and had consumed alcohol; Mr Streets had traces of THC in his body. The fatal injuries included multiple compound fractures of the right leg, left pneumothorax, and bilateral anterior upper rib fractures. Signi…
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
Nigel Douglas Suter died from respiratory failure caused by blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 April 2021. He collided with a gumtree on Argonaut Road, St Helens, after his vehicle left the road.…
80y · Male·Multiple chest injuries including large right pneumothorax, small right haemotho…
…ailed to give way at an intersection, colliding with a vehicle driven by a novice L2 driver. He sustained multiple chest injuries including pneumothorax, haemothorax, rib fractures and soft tissue emphysema, and died two…
58y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis following pelvic trauma
…uma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 17 January 2023. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital with multiple injuries including pelvic and sacral fractures, rib fractures, collapsed lung, and bladder rupture. She d…
79y · Male·Respiratory failure due to haemothorax and hospital-acquired pneumonia due to mu…
A 79-year-old man with extensive comorbidities died following multiple falls in residential aged care. He was identified as high falls risk on admission but experienced inadequ…
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