17 results for “sacral ulcer”
90y · Female·Infected sacral ulcer and fluid imbalances in the context of dementia
A 90-year-old woman with dementia, admitted to aged care in September 2012, developed a large necrotic sacral pressure ulcer despite nursing interventions. She was markedly dehydrated and malnourished, repeatedly ref…
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
Sandra Shields, aged 63, died of sepsis and pneumonia secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer in the context of treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia. She was admitted to Launcest…
87y · Female·Natural causes in the context of multiple co-morbidities including a sacral ulce…
87-year-old woman died in aged care with a stage 4 sacral ulcer and multiple comorbidities. Key clinical lessons: (1) Systematic communication failures—family was n…
88y · Female·Complications of a stage 3 sacral pressure ulcer in a woman with dementia
Margaret Alice Cook, an 88-year-old woman with end-stage dementia, died from complications of a stage 3 sacral pressure ulcer at a palliative care unit. She had resided at Crofton House Supported Residential Services …
71y · Male·Sepsis due to bronchopneumonia and sacral ulcer
…viours re-emerged. Heavy sedation with haloperidol became necessary, and he developed bronchopneumonia and sacral ulcer. The coroner found the medical management, whilst potentially sub-optimal in some respects, was reas…
83y · Female·meningitis with sepsis with the likely source of infection being a large and dee…
Dorothy Jean Atkins, aged 83, died on 9 July 2017 from meningitis and sepsis secondary to a large stage 4 sacral decubitus ulcer. Autopsy revealed severe malnutrition (24.5kg, BMI 13), poor hygiene with faecal soiling u…
81y · Male·metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma with infected necrotic sacral ulcer
Raymond Saxon Beahl, 81, died of metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma complicated by an infected necrotic sacral ulcer. He was admitted to Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service with severe dementia-related behaviou…
45y · Female·Complications of sepsis secondary to sacral pressure wound in a woman with genet…
…c developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and oesophageal dysmotility, died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer despite intravenous antibiotics. A pressure area was first identified on 30 June 2024 and r…
86y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of sacral pressure ulcer
An 86-year-old man died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis from a stage 4 sacral pressure ulcer after 61 days in a regional hospital. Critical failures included delayed pressure injury ri…
75y · Female·organ failure due to sepsis, likely from infected pressure sores, in the context…
…ly controlled diabetes and ischaemic heart disease, died from septic shock secondary to extensive infected sacral pressure wounds. She received home care through KinCare for approximately 9 months, during which her condi…
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
A 98-year-old woman with dementia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer that progressed to osteomyelitis while in residential aged care. The coroner identified sys…
82y · Male·sepsis due to infected sacral ulcer with osteomyelitis and necrotising fasciitis
An 82-year-old man with multiple comorbidities developed a sacral pressure injury during admission to a private hospital for investigation of leg weakness. Despite being as…
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 seve…
87y · Female·Terminal exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; antecedent cause…
Maureen 'Kitty' McDonald, 87, died from terminal exacerbation of COPD with an antecedent sacral pressure wound infection. She was admitted to residential aged care in October 2020 with a stage-two sacra…
86y · Female·Sepsis complicating sacral decubitus ulceration in the setting of recent surgica…
…vice (SRS) after hip fracture surgery. She required two-person assistance for mobility and was immobile. A sacral pressure injury developed within days of discharge and rapidly deteriorated to stage IV despite treatment.…
74y · Male·Sepsis secondary to infected pressure wounds (necrotising fasciitis) in a man wi…
…iitis of pressure wounds developed while in aged care. Key clinical failures included: inadequate pressure ulcer prevention despite high-risk Waterlow scores (hourly repositioning was recommended but 4-hourly was implem…
85y · Male·systemic sepsis due to infected right perineal ulcer and associated perianal abs…
An 85-year-old man with dementia and multiple comorbidities died of sepsis caused by an infected sacral pressure ulcer that developed and deteriorated while resident at an aged care facility. Initially assessed…
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