TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2021, Cilt 20, Sayı, 2     (Sayfalar: 187-192)

Geriatric expected and unexpected problems before and after surgery; scrutiny and treatment

Banu Özulu Türkmen 1

1 SBÜ Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu Şehir Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Kliniği Geriatri Bölümü, İstanbul

DOI: 10.14292/totbid.dergisi.2021.33
Görüntüleme: 677
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İndirme : 719

Hip fractures are common in older patients and associated with disability, significant morbidity and mortality. Most of the patients are frail and pre-frail. Hip fractures may sometimes develop after a fall secondary to an underlying primary serious cause or inappropriate medication use; on the other hand, many serious problems such as venous thromboembolism, pain, infection, delirium, hypervolemia, malnutrition, pressure ulcers may develop during follow-up. Although rapid surgical treatment is essential for the approach to hip fracture, it is considered that a multidisciplinary approach can be important in pre-and postoperative processes. In this article, basic approach in the preoperative process and the management of postoperative problems in geriatric hospitalized patients with hip fracture are summarised inline with the current guidelines and available literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler : older patient; hip fracture; osteoporosis; frailty