This article is catered for medical students during the orthopaedics posting. The rationale is to understand the mechanism of fracture and to note relevant points in history to arrive at a proximate diagnosis prior to imaging modalities.
Details of Patient
Name ( Always address the patient with due respect. Use 'sir', 'mdm', 'gentleman' etc. They are not your servants to be addressed with name directly. )
Age: It is important to ask for age as it tallies with the mechanism of fracture. An old patient at their 7th decade of life would be having primary osteoporosis. A female patient beyond her 5th decade of life is probably post-menopausal. These are risk factors for pathological fractures. So you would anticipate a low-energy trauma from their history.
*Osteoporosis is the reduction of volume and density of the bones which otherwise have a normal histology. It has primary and secondary causes*Occupation -
Name ( Always address the patient with due respect. Use 'sir', 'mdm', 'gentleman' etc. They are not your servants to be addressed with name directly. )
Age: It is important to ask for age as it tallies with the mechanism of fracture. An old patient at their 7th decade of life would be having primary osteoporosis. A female patient beyond her 5th decade of life is probably post-menopausal. These are risk factors for pathological fractures. So you would anticipate a low-energy trauma from their history.
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