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hip fracture
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hip fracture
Orthopedic surgery A femoral fracture which affects 1/6 white ♀–US during life Epidemiology 250,000/yr–US Specifics Proximal femur; 90+% femoral neck, intertrochanteric; 5-10% are subtrochanteric Risk factors Tall, thin ♀, osteoporosis, previous Fx or stroke, white, use of walking aids, alcohol consumption, poor health, sedentary lifestyle, Rx with benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants; HRT may protect ♀ < age 75, institutional residence, visual impairment, dementia Diagnosis Hx, plain AP film, MRI, 99mTc bone scan. See Falls, Total hip replacement.
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Though she was conscious and coherent, Ms Walters was taken to hospital where surgery to repair a broken hip was postponed due to staff shortages and she died on June 1, 2008, aged 80.
Woman died after fall; NEWSBRIEF by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
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Byline: JON KAILA FRAIL Ronnie Biggs is in hospital with a suspected broken hip after falling out of his jail bed yesterday.
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