Seizure-induced acetabular fractures: 5-year experience and literature review

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 230 - 232
• Main Authors: Mader, Timothy J., Booth, Jeremy, Gaudet, Claudia, Hynds-Decoteau, Rachael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01-03-2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acetabulum - injuries; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Convulsions & seizures; Dementia disorders; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic - complications; Female; Fractures, Closed - etiology; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; Injuries; Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine; Intensive care medicine; Literature reviews; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Orthopedics; Pain; Trauma; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Osteoarticular system; Nervous system diseases; Intensive care; Epilepsy; Central nervous system disease; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Induced fracture; Bone; Resuscitation; Cerebral disorder
• ISSN: 0735-6757; 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.011

In May of 2005, the ED data manager performed a comprehensive search of the BMC database, using the codes of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, to identify patients with the dual diagnosis of seizure and hip/pelvic fracture. The patient was subsequently referred to internal medicine and orthopedics for appropriate management.2 Case 2 An 86-year-old woman with a history of dementia and transient ischemic attack slumped to the floor and had a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure, after which emergency medical services was called.