Nursing care of elderly patients with femoral neck fracture.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Nursing care of elderly patients with femoral neck fracture [Abstract] summarized 19 cases of femoral neck fracture patient care experience, including complications, prevention and care, psychological care, diet care, rehabilitation care, that the careful, thoughtful, targeted care is the rehabilitation of elderly patients with femoral neck fracture basic security. [Keywords:] femoral neck fracture in elderly care Femoral neck fracture is a common disease of the elderly, according to statistics, the incidence of femoral neck fracture of 0.4% per 10 years, the growth trend on the rise, both because of older age, body function decline, longer duration, prone to various complications. Therefore, the strengthening of professional care, the patients through the bed of smooth, reduce complications, reduce disability, improve the femoral neck fracture patients quality of life, has important social meaning. 1 Clinical data Undergraduate January 2007 -2009 admitted on Dec. 19 patients of femoral neck fracture patients, including 8 males and 11 females, aged 60-99 years, mean age 74.5 years, 2 cases of diabetes, hypertension, 1 case gout in 1. Treatment: surgery in 6 cases, of which 1 routine total hip replacement, 2 cases of proximal femoral anatomic plate fixation heterosexual, 3 cases of open reduction and dynamic hip (DHS fixation. conservative treatment 13 cases, including 5 cases of skin traction, skeletal traction in 8 cases, 19 cases were improved and discharged. 2 Care 2.1 Prevention and care of complications 2.1.1 Prevention of deep vein thrombosis: older patients lower their blood vessel flexibility, higher blood viscosity, blood flow is slow, and the fracture bed, the blood flows more slowly, combined with lower extremity trauma, easy to form vein thrombosis, early active leg muscles, especially soleus and gastrocnemius is an important nursing measures to prevent thrombosis, oral anticoagulant small