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A 83-year-old white female was brought to the hospital complaining of left hip pain after falling at home. She had been living alone, ambulating well prior to her admission, and was receiving daily assistance via the Meals on Wheels program in her neighborhood. Past history was significant for hypertension, which was controlled with a “water pill,” and diabetes for which she took chlorpropamide every morning. Previous anesthetic experience included two D&Cs, and a right breast biopsy approximately 50 years ago. All procedures were without anesthetic sequelae. She smoked approximately half a pack of cigarettes per day for many years but had stopped 10 years before. Alcohol use was denied. Review of systems was negative for complaints of chest pain, shortness of breath, or syncope; however, she did report feeling weaker recently.
Reviewed by Dr. Patricia Underwood, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York.
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Halevy, J. (1988). The Elderly Patient with a Hip Fracture. In: Frost, E.A.M. (eds) Preanesthetic Assessment 1. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4818-7_23
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