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A 54-year-old man with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, heart failure and renal transplant presented to the ED after having a mechanical fall resulting in pain, deformity to the ...
1.Proximal Femur Fractures. Proximal femur fractures also known as hip fractures include the uppermost part of the thigh bone directly adjacent to the joint of the hip. These fractures are further ...
An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 (most recent hemoglobin A1c of 10.3%), atrial fibrillation (on apixaban) and hypothyroidism presented to our ED with left ...
The femur, your thigh bone, is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When it breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make daily tasks more difficult because it’s one ...
Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at higher risk for fracture, according to study results presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases held ...
In contrast, an association between atypical fractures and bisphosphonate use was not shown in nationwide cohort analyses based on registry identification of “atypical” femoral fractures or in ...
Merck pointed out that Fosamax and other drugs in its class, known as bisphosphonates, have been shown to decrease the risk of a type of femur fractures common in patients with osteoporosis.
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