Atypical Femoral Fractures: Implications for the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology

Bone-health issues may arise for oncology patients as a side effect of their treatments. One of these may be the development of an atypical femoral fracture. Advanced practitioners should be aware of the risk factors for atypical femoral fractures, and be able to promptly recognize signs, provide pa...

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Autor principal: Sharp, Kathy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Harborside Press 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6040875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018845
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description Bone-health issues may arise for oncology patients as a side effect of their treatments. One of these may be the development of an atypical femoral fracture. Advanced practitioners should be aware of the risk factors for atypical femoral fractures, and be able to promptly recognize signs, provide patient education, and manage them competently.
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spelling pubmed-60408752018-07-17 Atypical Femoral Fractures: Implications for the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology Sharp, Kathy J Adv Pract Oncol Review Article Bone-health issues may arise for oncology patients as a side effect of their treatments. One of these may be the development of an atypical femoral fracture. Advanced practitioners should be aware of the risk factors for atypical femoral fractures, and be able to promptly recognize signs, provide patient education, and manage them competently. Harborside Press 2017 2017-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6040875/ /pubmed/30018845 Text en Copyright © 2017, Harborside Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is for non-commercial purposes.
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title_short Atypical Femoral Fractures: Implications for the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology
title_sort atypical femoral fractures: implications for the advanced practitioner in oncology
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