UDK: 616-058:616-052:616-001.5

PECULIARITIES OF MEDICO-SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURES

N. V. Polunina, A. V. Skoroglyadov, A. Y. Vasiliev

Российский государственный медицинский университет им. Н. И. Пирогова

Abstract

Results of medico-social evaluation of patients with proximal humerus fractures are presented. Such characteristics as age, social status and concomitant pathology were investigated. An analysis of peculiarities and causes of traumatic injury of upper extremity was conducted. It was shown that these characteristics influence the duration of hospital treatment period. A conclusion was made that during management of patients with proximal humerus fractures it is necessary to take these characteristics into consideration.

Keywords

trauma, age, concomitant pathology, character of trauma, duration of hospital treatment period.

Contacts

Полунина Наталья Валентиновна — д. м. н., профессор, член-корреспондент РАМН, профессор кафедры общественного здоровья и здравоохранения, проректор ГОУ ВПО РГМУ Росздрава по стандартизации и качеству образования, e-mail: rsmu@rsmu.ru.