title: Assessment of the surgical adult orthopaedic client with Down syndrome.
abstract: The life expectancy of individuals with Down syndrome has increased with as many as 80% reaching age 50. Nurses should be knowledgeable about the needs of the hospitalized adult orthopaedic client with Down syndrome so that an appropriate plan of preoperative and postoperative nursing care can be developed and implemented.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sedlak
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010351:Patient Discharge