A patient is completing instructions about complications that can occur from osteoporosis. Which complication should the patient state as evidence that teaching has been effective?
a. "Hip fracture."
b. "Overgrowth of bone."
c. "Bone spur formation."
d. "Increased bone density."
ANS: A
Osteoporotic bone may cause a pathological fracture in which the hip breaks before the fall. For other patients, a fall can cause a hip or other fracture. B. C. D. Bone overgrowth, spurs, or increases in bone density are not complications of osteoporosis.
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