问题 单项选择题

The nurse is caring for an elderly female with osteoporosis. When teaching the client, the nurse should include information about which major complication

A. Bone fracture.
B. Loss of estrogen.
C. Negative calcium balance.
D. Dowager’s hump.

答案

参考答案:A

解析:Bone fracture is a major complication of osteoporosis that results when loss of calcium and phosphate increases the fragility of bones. Estrogen deficiencies result from menopause--not osteoporosis. Calcium and vitamin D supplements may be used to support normal bone metabolism, but a negative calcium balance isn’t a complication of osteoporosis. Dowager’s hump results from bone fractures. It develops when repeated vertebral fractures increase spinal curvature.

单项选择题
单项选择题