What is it about?
Fragility Hip Fracture [Fragility Hip Fracture (FHF)] could be considered an urgency since delay in hip surgery greater than 48 hours leads to significant increases in mortality and major complications.
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Why is it important?
Troponin I [Troponin I (cTn I)] for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction [acute myocardial infarction (AMI)] is a tool that has been losing specificity due to the use of highly sensitive laboratory assays, which can lead to false positives results.
Perspectives
Ninety-three-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation, ischemic cardiomyopathy, heart failure mildly reduced ejection fraction, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with 50-point Barthel index before admission, 4-point Lawton scale, and no cognitive impairment.
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This page is a summary of: Myocardial Injury in Hip Fracture: When to Operate?, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, March 2024, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2400126.
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