Qu Chiet Complaint: 75-year-old woman who fell on her left hip History: Judy Smi
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Qu Chiet Complaint: 75-year-old woman who fell on her left hip History: Judy Smith, a 75-year-old white female, was brought to the emergency room by her son after falling in her kitchen. She has had no major health problems in the Flag estion past, but she has led an inactive lifestyle and has smoked cigarettes for over 40 years Judy stated that she spilled water on the kitchen floor while making breakfast and forgot it was there, only minutes later to walk to the refrigerator and slip on the spilled water. When Judy fell, she landed on the left side of her body She was given an injection to help relleve her pain and taken to the radiology department for an X-ray of her left leg and hip Finis Physical Examination: The patient was alert but in pain, she was able to identifty the time and day, and was responding appropriately to questions. Heart and lung sounds were normal, and abdominal sounds were reduced. There were no signs of trauma to the head, neck, torso, arms, or right leg. The left thigh and hip were extremely tender and were immobilized by a leg splint Radiology Report: The X-ray of the left hip revealed a complete, transverse fracture of the left proximal temur. No other fractures were noted in the left leg. There were also long-term osteoporotic changes in the femur and tibia Question 1 Explain what is meant by a "complete, transverse fracture of the left proximal femur" Not yet answered prt scde DI 40Explanation / Answer
The complete transverse fracture of the left proximal femur means means full breaking of left femur and the break occours in straight horizontal line which is going across the femoral shaft.
This type of fracture mainly occour in young individual by high energy collision as a example of femoral shaft fracture is any external pressure like being hit by car ar any motor cycle. but in case older person it happen due to have a weaker bones.