title: Trochanteric hip fracture during cardioversion therapy. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Trochanteric hip fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis are commonly caused by low energy trauma. The cardioversion therapy is an extremely rare cause of this type of fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a woman with hip fracture after cardioversion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We discuss the production mechanism of this injury and the importance of the care of the osteoporotic bone under these therapies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The propofol sedation should be complemented with skeletal muscle relaxants in the cardioversion therapy to avoid hip fracture in select patients with osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lozano Blesa Clinical Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: jgomezvallejo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lozano Blesa Clinical Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: albaredajorge@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albareda
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lozano Blesa Clinical Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: ezqlaura@gmail.com.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ezquerra
keywords: Cardioversion therapy; Case report; Elderly; Hip fracture