ï¡30% at twelve months. ï¨ Pts with medical comorbidities that subsequently. caused a delay in surgery. ï¡2.5x greater risk of dying within 30 days following. surgery when compared to pts not delayed. ï¨ Incidence of intertrochanteric hip fracture. roughly the same as femoral neck fractures. ï¨ Demographics of female: male ratio. ï¡Between 2:1 and 8:1. ï¨ Proximal humerus fractures increase risk of hip. fracture for 1 year.
Pertussis is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. This disease has 3 stages: catarrhal, paroxysmal, and convalescent.
As mentioned before, whooping cough is a bacterial infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Infection occurs in the lining of the airways, principally in the trachea (the windpipe) as well as the bronchi (airways that branch off from the trachea to the lungs.hooping cough symptoms usually appear between six to twenty days after the Bordetella pertussis bacterium has infected the patient, in other words, pertussis has 6-to-20 day incubation period. The illness starts off with mild symptoms, which then get much worse before improving.