The Orthogeriatric Approach: Progress Worldwide
Fig. 1.1 The memorandum of understanding, signed by the presidents of BOA and BGS in 2007 The weight of professional opinion represented by the combination of these two national associations…
Orthogeriatric Anaesthesia
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…
Osteoporosis in Elderly Patients
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…
Pre-Operative Management
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…
Examination of the Upper Limb
(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….
Examination of the Lower Limb
(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….
Sight Diagnosis
(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…
Case XII: Tumor 3
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 12.1 Case Presentation A 32-year-old male complains of a painful mass in the right anterior chest wall. He has…
Case XVIII: Thigh Pain 2
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 18.1 Case Presentation A 33-year-old female presents with a 2-month history of left anterior thigh pain. The pain is…
Case X: Hand Pain
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 10.1 Case Presentation A 70-year-old diabetic male complains of pain and numbness in the lateral three fingers of both…
