Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report

INTRODUCTION: Trochanteric hip fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis are commonly caused by low energy trauma. The cardioversion therapy is an extremely rare cause of this type of fracture. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report the case of a woman with hip fracture after cardioversion. DISCUSSIO...

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Autores principales: Gómez, J., Albareda, J., Ezquerra, L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.047
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Albareda, J.
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description INTRODUCTION: Trochanteric hip fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis are commonly caused by low energy trauma. The cardioversion therapy is an extremely rare cause of this type of fracture. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report the case of a woman with hip fracture after cardioversion. DISCUSSION: We discuss the production mechanism of this injury and the importance of the care of the osteoporotic bone under these therapies. CONCLUSION: The propofol sedation should be complemented with skeletal muscle relaxants in the cardioversion therapy to avoid hip fracture in select patients with osteoporosis.
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spelling pubmed-53494562017-03-23 Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report Gómez, J. Albareda, J. Ezquerra, L. Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Trochanteric hip fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis are commonly caused by low energy trauma. The cardioversion therapy is an extremely rare cause of this type of fracture. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report the case of a woman with hip fracture after cardioversion. DISCUSSION: We discuss the production mechanism of this injury and the importance of the care of the osteoporotic bone under these therapies. CONCLUSION: The propofol sedation should be complemented with skeletal muscle relaxants in the cardioversion therapy to avoid hip fracture in select patients with osteoporosis. Elsevier 2017-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5349456/ /pubmed/28288325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.047 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title_full Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title_fullStr Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title_short Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report
title_sort trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.047
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