Case discussion: hip fracture in a patient on hospice with dementia and anemia.
This case presents a discussion of a frail 98-year-old woman in hospice care, with a history of dementia, previous hip fracture, and anemia, who is admitted with a left intertrochanteric fracture. Care is coordinated and expedited by an interdisciplinary team to optimize her outcome, in the context of her goals of care.
Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
Susan M
SM
Friedman
Nathan
N
Clark
Joseph A
JA
Nicholas
Susan V
SV
Bukata
dementia; fragility fractures; geriatric medicine; metabolic bone disorders; osteoporosis