ねたきり老人の骨折の初期治療

Abstract

The bed-ridden senile cases tend to sustain fractures involving the spine, femoral neck, ribs and the distal end of the radius because of fragility of bone resulting from osteoporomalacia. As these fractures are often undisplaced without local symptoms, they are occasionally overlooked. The aim of initial treatment of these fractures is: relief of pain, bed exercise for activation of the cardiovascular and respiratory system and early ambulation. Complications associated with these fractures should be prevented by early diagnosis and proper initial treatment.