79y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of right elective total hip replacement
A 79-year-old woman died from pulmonary embolism eight days after undergoing elective right total hip replacement. She received multimodal VTE prophylaxis including aspirin, early mobilisation, mechanical…
47y · Male·Multi organ failure and sepsis complicating ulcerating colitis and intestinal ob…
…besity, chronic pain requiring methadone, and depression, fell from his bed in prison and sustained a right hip fracture. He underwent successful total hip replacement but developed post-operative complications includin…
84y · Male·acute aspiration complicating periprosthetic fractured right femur (operated) on…
Bryan Roocroft, 84 years old with severe dementia, suffered a periprosthetic right femur fracture after two falls at aged care on 24 December 2020 while on oxazepam. He underwent surgical repair on 25 December and was pl…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
…345mg morphine) and were ineffective for pain, doses were not reduced and were actually increased following hip replacement surgery. Key clinical failures included: lack of coordinated management plan between specialist…
Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following ventilatory failure/cardiac arrest (R…
…by nursing staff lacking knowledge of this risk in obese patients. Patricia Walton (66) died five days post-hip replacement with undiagnosed coronary artery disease; cardiac ischaemia triggered by pain and hypertension …
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
Deearne Joan Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine…
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