Complications General complications These patients, most of whom are elderly, are prone to general complications such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia and bed sores; not to mention disorders that might have been present before the fracture and which lead to death in a substantial proportion of cases. Notwithstanding the advances in perioperative care, the mortality rate in elderly patients may be as high as 20 per cent at 4 months after injury. Among the survivors over 80 years, about half fail to resume independent walking. 今天这段英文虽然短,但从句法及医学单词来说都很经典,建议默写。 ---from 《Apley’s System of Orthopaedics and Fractures》 重点词汇整理: Notwithstanding /ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ,ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/conj. 虽然,尽管prep. 尽管,虽然adv. 尽管,仍然 perioperative /,perɪ'ɒpərətɪv/ 美 adj. 围手术期的 百度翻译: 并发症 一般并发症这些患者大多是老年人,容易发生深静脉血栓形成、肺栓塞、肺感染和褥疮等一般并发症;更不用说骨折前可能存在的疾病,这些疾病在很大程度上会导致死亡。尽管在围手术期护理方面取得了进展,但老年患者受伤后4个月的死亡率可能高达20%。在80岁以上的幸存者中,大约一半人无法恢复独立行走。 |
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