7 results for “surgical fixation of fractures”
51y · Male·cerebral fat embolism due to surgery for multiple traumatic injuries sustained i…
… line on Tea Tree Road and collided with a truck. Paramedics responded promptly and he received intensive surgical care at Royal Hobart Hospital. The fatal complication—cerebral fat embolism—occurred because Mr Georgiou …
85y · Female·Staphylococcus bacteremia complicating multiple injuries sustained in a motor ve…
An 85-year-old woman sustained multiple serious injuries (bilateral rib and pelvic fractures, thoracic spine fractures) in a motor vehicle collision on 20 June 2018. She was treated with ICU admiss…
82y · Female·fat embolism syndrome and bronchopneumonia following nail fixation of bilateral …
…th severe dementia and marked osteoporosis died from fat embolism syndrome and bronchopneumonia following surgical fixation of bilateral femoral fractures. The fractures occurred on 10 September 2010 during an unauthoriz…
35y · Male·Hanging
…died by hanging in custody at Dhurringile Prison in November 2014. He had sustained bilateral mandibular fractures in January 2014 treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF). By June 2014, imaging revealed…
42y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism and deep calf vein thrombosis
…mbolism and deep vein thrombosis. He sustained a tibia and fibula fracture on 6 September 2007, requiring surgical fixation. Although prescribed clexane (low-molecular-weight heparin) for thromboprophylaxis until 4 Decem…
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
…nal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced sudden respiratory arrest c…
58y · Male·multiorgan failure due to sepsis resulting from repeatedly fractured left humeru…
Wayne Anthony Lowe, aged 58, died of multiorgan failure due to sepsis following repeated humeral fractures sustained in falls. He was admitted with a right proximal humeral fracture from an intoxicated fall, dis…
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