Multi Professional Team: Coordination and Communication

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Paolo Falaschi and David R. Marsh (eds.)OrthogeriatricsPractical Issues in Geriatrics10.1007/978-3-319-43249-6_11 11. Multi Professional Team: Coordination and Communication David R. Marsh1   (1) University College London, London, UK     David R. Marsh Email: d.marsh@ucl.ac.uk The…

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Rehabilitation Following Hip Fracture

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Fig. 10.1 Interactions between the components of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework (Source: WHO 2001 [9]) 10.2 What Is Known About…

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Epidemiology of Hip Fracture and Social Costs

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Fig. 2.1 Age-standardised hip fracture incidence rates (/100,000) for some representative countries Regarding the site usually affected by hip fracture, in the United States, femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures are…

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Orthogeriatric Anaesthesia

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Fig. 7.1 Timeline of functional capacity after hip fracture with traditional anaesthetic care (blue line) vs proactive multidisciplinary care (red line) The preoperative phase describes the period from fracture to…

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Osteoporosis in Elderly Patients

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Age Female sex Low body-mass index Previous fragility fracture, particularly of the hip, wrist and spine Parental history of hip fracture Glucocorticoid treatment (≥5 mg prednisolone daily or equivalent for…

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Pre-Operative Management

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Physical activity METs Sitting reading/watching television 1.0 Washing and dressing 2.1 Walking slowly on flat 2.3 Gentle housework 2.5 Walking a small dog (3 km//h) 2.7 Light static cycling/Bowling 3.0…

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Examination of the Upper Limb

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(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA   Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this chapter (doi:10.​1007/​978-3-319-39694-1_​23) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users….

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Examination of the Lower Limb

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(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA   Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this chapter (doi:10.​1007/​978-3-319-39694-1_​24) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users….

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Sight Diagnosis

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(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA   Fig. 25.1 Right Horner’s syndrome: ptosis (drooping of the upper lid) and miosis (smaller pupil). In the setting of…

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