Hip Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Sub- capital fracture of the femoral neck is a common injury among the ageing population and is regarded as “unsolvable fractures”. This is a growing health concern in every country as the healthcare expenditure is very high. The surgical options, especially for elderly population, highly depend on the patient’s profile, their preference and the experience of the surgeon . Mrs. Pollard, 75- year- old, sustained a left sub- capital fractured neck of femur. Due to her age and her other complications such as hypertension and Type- 2 diabetes, a total hip replacement might be a better surgical option as ...

Cinematograph has many stereotypes. Films show images of Black people that started to form since the Civil War or even earlier. These old stereotypes combine with new believes about African-Americans. The “Mammy” is the famous example of “ancient” images. This character was often presented as “maternal, obese, non threatening, deeply religious, unattractive woman” (Ngobili). The Mammy played a role of the mother or mentor for her white employers and often cared about them more than about herself or her own family. The Brash Women or Saphire is an opposite stereotype. This is a type of “rude, loud, malicious, stubborn, ...

- History
- Reason for Visit

Annual Well-woman examination

- Present Medical Status
JA is a new female patient, 52 years of age, of black American descent. Patient has decided to visit the clinic for her annual well-woman examination procedure.
- Family Medical and Health History
Patient’s maternal family has had a history of HTN (hypertension) and DM (Diabetes Mellitus, type unspecified and unrecalled); and a paternal family history of CA (Cancer) of the breast and colon. Both maternal and paternal family has no history of Kidney Diseases, Vascular, and Pulmonary Disorders.
- Diet and Nutritional Assessment
Patient ...

Patient History:

56-year-old Caucasian female
PMH: s/p fractures x 3. Right wrist fracture - after falling over a lamp cord in her single-level, carpeted home; 2 months later she fractured her left wrist after tripping and falling. Five years ago she fractured an ankle while making a (bad) landing while sky-diving for the first—and last—time.
s/p hysterectomy at age 45 for fibroids; the ovaries were not removed. Menopause onset age 51 without hormone therapy.
Medical Work-up: A review of the patient's previous medical records revealed that a spine x-ray had been done for persistent back pain about 4 months ...

The patient was a 24-year-old black male who was brought to the emergency room via an ambulance on June 21 at 03:50 pm. The report indicated that it was a pedestrian versus vehicle accident. The state of the patient reported included acute lung injury, pulmonary contusion, deep road rash extending over right side of axillary region to the abdomen, deep avulsion to the right hip area and exposed muscles. Trauma alert team and the respiratory therapist were called to the bedside. The patient developed respiratory failure and immediately was intubated by the respiratory therapist with an endotracheal tube size 7.5 mm. ...

Abstract

In this paper, I will describe the case of Mr. Henry Spirk. He is a a 72-year-old man who has recently broken his hip and does not have the ability to take care of himself. In addition, he was diagnosed diabetes, hypertension, and partial hearing loss. However, Mr. Spirk refuses to believe in his current condition and claims that he is able to take care of himself. I will describe the discharge planning and identify which obstacles prevent us from discharging Mr. Spirk without additional home care. I will identify which health conditions need to be addressed and discussed with the ...

A Tale of Two Markets: NYC Subway Line

Executive summary of the case
The case, “A Tale of Two Markets: NYC Subway Line” speaks about the various business establishment strategies applied by Lynne Lambert during her pursuit to establish her brand NYC Subway Line and the line of products used the New York Lifestyle based positioning. The case describes how Lynne tried to channel across the conventional distribution system of the apparel retail markets and tried to develop retail sales for her products in two different markets, the gift retail, and the apparel retail markets. The case study provides an elaborate detail of the competition, costing, distribution, ...

Marketing

Payless ShoeSource
Re : In order to revamp the corporate image of Payless ShoeSource by expanding the designer collection to increase company sales through lesser cost

Recommendations:

Short term (immediately to one month)
- The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) should meet immediately with the marketing group in order to come up with a strategy to make Payless ShoeSource a world-renowned brand of trendy and hip shoes for a reasonable price.
- The CEO must assess the current performance of the company in terms of marketing strategy and sales report of other shoe companies in order to improve the performance of ...

The subject of King David has long fascinated artists, particularly with regard to his defeat of the Philistine giant Goliath. There have been many different sculptures and paintings representing this Old Testament figure, done in different artistic styles an with different areas of emphasis.
#1. This sculptor features David as he is about to fling the stone from his slingshot toward Goliath. The ability of the sculptor to provide balance is advanced, as the figure is twisting while standing on two feet. The musculature is realistically represented, as the young shepherd’s legs are visibly flexing and his ...