16 results for “osteomyelitis risk”
22y · Female·septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis in a woman with …
… Hammoud, aged 22 with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis. She resided in a supported residential service and had recurrent elbow infect…
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
…ia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer that progressed to osteomyelitis while in residential aged care. The coroner identified systemic clinical deficits including inadequate…
69y · Male·septic shock due to infected decubitus ulcers complicated by osteomyelitis
…son's disease died from septic shock caused by infected pressure ulcers (stage 4 decubitus ulcers with osteomyelitis) that developed in aged care. Pressure sores appeared within 31 days of admission; risk assessments we…
12y · Female·acute septicaemia resulting from osteomyelitis of the left femur
A 12-year-old Aboriginal girl died from septicaemia caused by untreated osteomyelitis of the left femur. Three weeks after a sports injury, despite evidence of severe and deteriorating ill…
71y · Male·Subdural haemorrhage on a background of an unwitnessed fall and anticoagulation …
A 71-year-old man with diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and osteomyelitis presented with fever and hypoglycaemia. He met Red Zone sepsis criteria (lactate 4.5mmol/L) but antibi…
82y · Male·sepsis due to infected sacral ulcer with osteomyelitis and necrotising fasciitis
…ry during admission to a private hospital for investigation of leg weakness. Despite being assessed as high-risk for pressure injury, he was not placed on a pressure-relieving mattress on admission and was left to self-m…
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
… combined effects of pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and severe pressure ulcers with osteomyelitis following a prolonged lie at home. She had been largely bedridden for years, refusing medical care and…
78y · Female·Complications of prolonged immobility and malnutrition in a woman with retroperi…
…r condition with Grade 4 pressure ulcers, hypothermia, and altered consciousness. The autopsy revealed osteomyelitis and sepsis from pressure sore infection, rhabdomyolysis, and severe malnutrition. Key clinical lessons…
83y · Female·Combined effects of severe malnutrition and infection (septicaemia secondary to …
Mrs Clark, 83, died from severe malnutrition and infection including septicaemia from an infected sacral pressure ulcer that had existed for 7 months. She was admitted to hospital in a deplorable state with severe pressu…
38y · Male·Aspiration of Gastric Content and Combined Drug Toxicity (Methadone, Benzodiazep…
…drugs. The deceased had previously required multiple resuscitations within two weeks, suggesting escalating risk. The coroner emphasised that unsupervised community consumption of Schedule 8 methadone represents a public…
55y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy with significant conditions contributing: coronary artery at…
Eric Lewis Wobona, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man with extensive cardiovascular risk factors including congestive cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and previous …
87y · Female·Natural causes in the context of multiple co-morbidities including a sacral ulce…
…would notify family, with no one taking responsibility; (5) Inadequate vital signs monitoring for infection risk. Clinicians should document and escalate communication responsibilities, ensure families are informed of si…
25y · Male·positional asphyxia in a man with extensive old hypoxic brain damage, acute ches…
Corey Paddy, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man with severe hypoxic brain injury from a 1998 car accident, died at Katherine Hospital from positional asphyxia while receiving concurrent morphine therapy and suffering from acut…
39y · Female·smoke inhalation
…coordination and fire safety planning. Despite her complex disability and smoking behaviour, no fire safety risk assessment was conducted, no evacuation plan existed, and her wheelchair was placed 4 metres away, preventi…
48y · Female·Sepsis due to pulmonary and cutaneous infections, with urinary tract infection a…
A 48-year-old tetraplegic woman died from sepsis originating from a necrotic sacral pressure wound. Multiple system failures contributed: inadequate pressure sore prevention at the disability care provider (air mattress …
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
A 69-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation presented to a rural hospital with fever, lethargy, tachycardia and elevated troponin. The treating doctor diagnosed NSTEMI based on the e…
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