Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BALTIMORE — The age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index could serve as a useful tool to predict survival after ...

An important patient care skill is the ability to rapidly immobilize a suspected lower extremity fracture. Many lower extremity fractures are particularly emergent, both due to the forces involved in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.

In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the strongest bone, a significantly ...

The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by ...

A number of recent case reports and series have identified a subgroup of atypical fractures of the femoral shaft associated with bisphosphonate use. A population-based study did not support this ...

Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients.

Discover more about the anatomical sites at which people with Type 2 diabetes experience a particularly high risk of fracture.

East Orange Captain John Anderson fell from a landing through one floor before ending up on the bottom floor, fracturing his femur, hip and left leg while battling a house fire Wednesday night. June 7 ...