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Osteoporosis/Fx
Osteoporosis & fractures
Question | Answer |
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What are the six Ps? | Pain, Pulses, Polar, Pallor, Paralysis, Parasthesia |
What is osteomyelitis? | Infection of the bone. |
What is a DXA scan? | Scan that determines variations in bone mass. Normal is 1. Anything greater than 2.5 deviations is considered osteoporosis |
What is a T score | the score of the DXA scan. Normal is 1 to -1. Osteopenia is -1 to -2.5. Osteoporosis is -2.5 and greater. |
How much calcium should a person take? | Men/Premenopausal females - 1000mg / day |
How much sunlight should a person get to have sufficient Vitamin D? | 10-15 minutes 3 times a week - Arms and face (Unprotected) |
What does RICE stand for? | Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation |
What is a comminuted fracture? | Bone is fragmented. |
What is a displaced fracture? | Bone is completely broken and is displaced to the side. |
What is a greenstick fracture? | Bone is broken, but not all the way through, like a green branch of a tree. |
What is an impacted fracture? | Fracture where bone is pushed into the other portion. |
What is a longitudinal fracture? | Fracture where bone is broken along the grain. More of a split than a complete break. |
What is an oblique fracture? | Fracture that is diagonal across the bone. |
What is a pathologic fracture? | Fracture that has a pathological source, rather than a trauma source. Cancer, lesion that has weakened the bone. |
What is a spiral fracture? | fracture that spirals around the bone. From a twisting of the bone. |
What is a transverse fracture? | Fracture that goes horizontally across the bone, no displacement, however. |