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    Care Plan Hip Fracture

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    likely to succeed in reaching her physical activity goals if her pain is under good control. Impaired physical mobility R/T recent surgery 2° right intertrochanteric hip fracture AEB pt. only being able to ambulate 40 ft with walker & assist x 1. Acute pain R/T recent surgery 2° to intertrochanteric right hip fracture AEB pt. rating pain as a 10/10. Ensure pt. changes position at least Q 2hr to prevent muscle atrophy & pressure sores from immobility & extended periods of friction

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    Fracture

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    Classification Current preference in terminology is to use open rather than compound to denote a fracture with an overlying wound. GustilloAnderson \classification (1) The prevalence of wound infection and nonunion increases with increasing grade of open fracture. The Gustillo Anderson classification of open fractures looks at several aspects of the injury not just the size of the wound. • Prescence or absence of neurovascular injury • Degree of contamination (farmyard injuries are grade

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    Fracture

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    Fracture * Bones form the skeleton of the body and allow the body to be supported against gravity and to move and function in the world. Bones also protect some body parts‚ and the bone marrow is the production center for blood products. * Bone is not a stagnant organ. It is the body’s reservoir of calcium and is always undergoing change under the influence of hormones. Parathyroid hormone increases blood calcium levels by leeching calcium from bone‚ while calcitonin has the opposite effect

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    Fractures

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    Compound Fractures A compound fracture‚ also known as open fracture‚ is a fracture of the bone wherein the affected bone penetrates out from the skin and there is laceration of the surrounding soft tissue. A broken bone refers to a fracture‚ in medical terminology. Bone fractures are quite common‚ with people experiencing at least two in their lifetime‚ on an average (Eisenberg‚ 2007). A fracture occurs when the affected bone is subject to a physical force that is stronger than it can sustain. Age

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    Movie Review Fracture

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    Fracture is a 2007 film revolving around a murder mystery. ‘Willy Beachum (played by Ryan Gosling) is an assistant District Attorney who gets sucked into a game of cat-and-mouse with a sociopath‚ Ted Crawford (played by Anthony Hopkins)‚ set free on legal technicalities after being arrested for attempted murder.’ (Thompson 2007 p.1). Crawford’s’ plan for the perfect murder was motivated by his wife’s secret love affair‚ and resulted in a cold blooded exercise that was cleverly executed. There are

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    BONE FRACTURES A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. A bone fracture is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone. They are injuries of bone tissue‚ which compromise their ability to support the body. It can be the result of high force impact or stress‚ or trivial injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones‚ such as osteoporosis‚ bone cancer‚ or osteogenesis imperfecta

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    Fracture Healing

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    3 Fracture healing 1 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.2 2 2.1 2.2 3 4 Biology of fracture healing in unstable fractures 73 Healing under uncontrolled motion 73 Inflammatory phase 73 Repair phase 75 Remodeling phase 76 Healing under restricted motion 77 Biology of fracture healing in stable 78 fractures Contact healing 79 Gap healing 80 Stimulation of fracture healing 81 Radiographic evaluation of fracture healing 88 Implant removal Bibliography 92 91 5 6 72 Author Dominique J Griffon

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    Fracture Mechanics

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    CHAPTER – 4 THREE PARAMETER FRACTURE CRITERION 4.1 MODIFIED TWO-PARAMETER FRACTURE CRITERION K max = K F �(1 − m) � The two – parameter fracture criterion as per Newman is‚ σf �� σu (4.1) Here KF and m are two fracture parameters evaluated from base line test data. σf is the failure stress normal to the direction of the crack in a body σu is the nominal stress required to produce a plastic hinge on the net section. The modified two-parameter fracture criterion is an empirical relation developed

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    Greenstick Fracture A bone fracture is a medical condition where the continuity of the bone is broken. Most bone fractures occur because of high force impact or stress. However‚ medical conditions which weaken the bone may also be the cause of a fracture. A crack (not only break) in the bone is also known as a fracture. Among health care professionals break is a much less common term when talking about bones. However‚ both break and fracture mean that the normal

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    What Are Compound Fractures

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    Recognising fractures and dislocations A fracture is the cracking or breaking of a bone and dislocations are where a bone has been displaced from the point in where it should be. There are different types of fractures with the most common being hairline and compound. Hairline fractures are where there is a very fine line between the segments of the bone that appears when x- rayed. The bone segments will remain in alignment and the fracture may not go fully through. Compound fractures are also known

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