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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To explore that possibility, researchers tapped into a British database of medical records and identified 13,556 people age 50 or older who had suffered a broken hip. Pickup driver Khalifeh Musharbash, 51, of Chino Hills suffered a broken hip and his passenger, a 58-year-old Glendora man whose name was not released, had his back broken, California Highway Patrol officers said. The court held that the treating physician did not violate ADA, RA, or the Eighth Amendment by suggesting that surgery was on option for treating the prisoner's broken hip or that the prison could "do nothing" as an acceptable course of treatment. |
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