1. Look to the elderly : Profiles in Osteoporosis
- Author
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Nikpour S
- Subjects
elderly ,osteoporosis ,fracture ,Nursing ,RT1-120 - Abstract
ExtractOsteoporosis is one of the most serious debilitating Health problems that older people deal with it. But can be prevent or minimize more than any other health problem . Two new patients were admitted to the orthopedic ward of a crowded hospital in the city. One of them is a 60 year old woman who had vertebral compression fractures during coughing and eventually left the hospital with chronic , permanent back pain and kyphosis . Another one is a 79-year-old woman who had fallen when to prune apple trees in her home and suffered a hip fracture and was transferred ...
- Published
- 1994