[The evaluation of senile fractures of the proximal femur as cause of death (author's transl)].
The analysis of 159 patients who had died of senile fractures of the proximal femur revealed, that the fracture must not be regarded as fatal basic disease (cause of death) in all cases, but only in about half of them. Various basic diseases, deuteropathies and complications are dealt with providing a certain "mosaic" of fatal factors. In cases with senile fractures it is the polypathy ("multiple pathology") that has to be taken into consideration when determining the cause of death.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Die Bewertung der Altersfraktur am proximalen Femurende als Todesursache.