Introduction The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint‚ while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and kneecap forming the knee joint. By most measures the femur is the strongest bone in the body. The femur is also the longest bone in the body.Using the AP view of the hip‚ angle formed by axis of femoral shaft and line drawn along axis of femoral neck passing through center of head of femur. At birth‚ the femoral neck shaft angle is 140degrees
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Evelyn is a well-nourished 80-year-old woman with extensive medical history who recently suffered a femur head fracture that presented as osteoporosis. By definition‚ osteoporosis is a progressive bone disease that leaves the bones weak and unable to sustain any weight or pressure. Osteoporosis occurs when the body makes too little or not enough bone‚ causing the bones to break or fracture easily with a simple fall. Both the spongy and compact bone is affected when osteoporosis is present. The main
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The Invisible Injuries Of An Automobile Accident: Understanding The Psychological Impacts And How To Cope Car accidents change lives‚ but in different ways for different people. Even if you’re not physically hurt‚ you may have sustained psychological or invisible injuries that can destroy life as you know it. Here’s how to understand what’s happened‚ so you can cope with it effectively. What These Invisible Injuries Are And How They Change Your Ability To Function From the outside‚ you look completely
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then informed my mother. My mother took me to the emergency room that same evening. I was given x-rays and then the doctor diagnosed me with a broken femur head in my hip. The right hip femur head had broken during cheerleading practice. In addition to‚ learning about my right hip‚ my doctor informed my mother that the left femur head was fractured. I felt devastated because I had to quit sports immediately. That same day the doctor ordered my mother
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Introduction As Donahue (1996) writes‚ the origin of the words "nurse" and "nursing" are varied‚ and shift in meaning as reflected in the perception of nursing’s role in health care and in society. From nursing’s earliest Latin derivative from nutrire‚ "to nourish‚" and nurse‚ nutrix‚ meaning "nursing mother‚" Donahue (1996) continues‚ " the meaning of the word [nurse] has progressed from a term indicating a woman who performed the basic unlearned human activity of suckling an infant to one describing
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One moment I was running‚ running fast‚ quickly‚ aggressively. The next moment I’m on the ground crying holding my leg. It happened so fast I didn’t know one movement from the next. After a while I notice I’m on the bench with an ice bag on my knee‚ while watching my team lose to a great team. After the game I went to the mall able to walk again. The next day I played again‚ thinking it was nothing but a bruise. It’s spring break 2 weeks after the blow to my knee. Just yesterday I got hit again
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she was diagnosed with fractured left NOF‚ soft tissue injury‚brusng left shoulder and small hematoma to her left fore head‚she was also scheduled surgery for arthroplasty- L hip after three hour Nursing documentation Identification data Name : Mrs. Audrey Smith Address : 440 Collins St. Melbourne Vic 3000 DOB : 31/12/38 Age : 75 years old Diagnosis : Fractured left NOF (neck of femur) Past Medical History
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your text‚ a medical dictionary‚ or any other reference material you choose to answer these questions. Jamie Michaels was thrown from his motorcycle on a patch of gravel and was brought to the ER by paramedics. On examination‚ his right femur appeared to be fractured. X-ray studies confirmed an oblique‚ compound fracture which fortunately did not injure the femoral artery. However‚ there is a possibility of soft tissue damage in the area of the fracture. After routine blood work results showed that
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Mrs. Audrey Smith‚ a 75 year old widow who has been admitted to the Emergency Department with a history of fall at home in the morning at around 10:45. On examination‚ she has been diagnosed with a fracture of left neck of femur along with soft tissue injury‚ bruises on the left shoulder and a small hematoma on the left forehead. She is found to be neurologically stable with the GCS of 14‚ although she has anxiety about her dog as nobody will be there to look after
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ay found friday at 4PM General Observations: cuts and bruises all over her body riding pants are torn deep lacerations on the victims face major trauma to the back of the victims skull bump and bruising on skull suggests she has a fractured skull maybe hit with a hard heavy object her face is badly beaten besides lacerations her face appears to be crushed inwards like she was stepped on no visible injuries in her hands however she does have scratch marks on the inside of he
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