27 results for “rib pain”
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. Howev…
72y · Female·Pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures and chronic obstructive pulmo…
…COPD and diabetes 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 sever…
86y · Male·Left haemothorax complicating rib fractures (not operated), sustained in a fall
James Reilly, 86, fell at home on 8 September 2024 sustaining rib fractures that caused a fatal left haemothorax. Paramedics attended but he declined transfer. When facial d…
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…
35y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolus and pulmonary infarction
…at 11 weeks gestation presented to Royal Women's Hospital Emergency Care on 3 September 2012 with chest and rib pain following severe vomiting. Dr M., a junior resident working alone overnight, assessed her as musculosk…
34y · Male·multi-organ failure with right-sided tension pneumothorax
A 34-year-old man with a ruptured spleen and fractured ribs presented to the Emergency Department on multiple occasions with abdominal and chest pain. He was discharg…
65y · Male·Multi-organ failure in a man with an ischaemic right leg treated with opioids
…tions (COPD, cardiac failure, diabetes, obesity) was admitted with pneumonia and severe ischaemic right leg pain. Opioid analgesia for the leg pain precipitated delirium, requiring Mental Health Act detention for safety.…
79y · Male·Respiratory failure due to haemothorax and hospital-acquired pneumonia due to mu…
…—no notification to family, no GP review, no additional prevention strategies implemented despite increased pain. On 12 December, he fell from bed reaching for water and sustained rib fractures with haemothorax. Critical…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…n 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 hospitaliza…
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 …
91y · Male·The combined effects of chest injuries and old age
A 91-year-old man presented to the ED after a motor vehicle crash with chest pain. While imaging revealed abnormalities, ED staff and a junior registrar considered these to be old fractures…
60y · Male·multi-organ failure due to injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident, specifi…
… motor vehicle accident at low speed. Despite chest imaging showing pleural effusion and the patient having rib pain, fractured ribs were not diagnosed. Subsequently, a haemothorax developed with associated bleeding, ci…
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
…ntia, 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 with post-fall pain, sweating, …
85y · Female·Complications following a fall
…nt with dementia at an aged care facility. The autopsy revealed skull fracture, extradural haemorrhage, and rib fractures leading to pneumonia. Staff responded appropriately to the incident with timely assessment and pa…
79y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (operated), sustained in a motor vehicle inci…
…ive way based on his mistaken assumption. The collision caused serious injuries including spinal fractures, rib fractures and sternal fractures. The patient underwent surgery but subsequently developed bronchopneumonia,…
86y · Male·pneumonia
…disease, cognitive impairment and recent pneumonia admissions fell in a nursing home bathroom and sustained rib fractures and T4 vertebral fracture. He was assessed as medium falls risk despite risk-taking behaviours an…
82y · Male·complications from multiple injuries received in a motor vehicle accident
Karl Guy Meyers, 82 years old, died from complications of multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He developed an ileus or pseudo-colonic obstruction requiring nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion. The key c…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
… woman, died on 4 August 2014 from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a rib fracture sustained in April 2014. She was detained in police custody on unpaid fines and presented twice to…
58y · Male·carcinomatosis from unknown primary
…er of unknown primary in January 2020. He presented with multiple episodes of back, abdominal, shoulder and rib pain between July and November 2019, initially attributed to musculoskeletal causes including a prisoner-ad…
48y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy with contributing factor of acute renal impairment
…ing in a group home, died from dilated cardiomyopathy with acute renal impairment. He presented with chest, rib cage and abdominal pain on 5 October 2018, was assessed by multiple GPs who diagnosed chest infection and p…
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