نشریه پرستاری ایران (Mar 1994)
Look to the elderly : Profiles in Osteoporosis
Abstract
ExtractOsteoporosis is one of the most serious debilitating Health problems that older people deal with it. But can be prevent or minimize more than any other health problem . Two new patients were admitted to the orthopedic ward of a crowded hospital in the city. One of them is a 60 year old woman who had vertebral compression fractures during coughing and eventually left the hospital with chronic , permanent back pain and kyphosis . Another one is a 79-year-old woman who had fallen when to prune apple trees in her home and suffered a hip fracture and was transferred ...
