RT Book, Section
A1 Greenberg, Raymond S.
A2 Greenberg, Raymond S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108589766
T1 Epidemiologic Measures
T2 Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care, 5e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182272-5
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108589766
RD 2024/04/19
AB Mr.  W.,  a  73-year-old  retired  insurance  executive,  presented  to  the  emergency  department  of  his  local  hospital  with  a  recent  onset  of  shortness  of  breath  and  chest  pain  when  breathing.  The  patient  had  undergone  a  total  hip  replacement  (arthroplasty)  7  days  earlier  at  the  same  hospital.  He  had  been  discharged  on  postoperative  day  4  and  was  encouraged  to  ambulate  as  much  as  possible  at  home  while  recovering.  His  mobility  was  limited,  however,  because  of  pain  on  standing,  and  he  had  not  yet  begun  a  prescribed  physical  therapy  regimen.  Mr.  W.  was  a  40-pack-year  cigarette  smoker  and  was  morbidly  obese.