Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Dental Prosthesis Causing Pneumonia in a Delirious Elderly Patient after Hip Fracture Surgery

고관절 골절 수술후 발생한 섬망환자의 치과보철물에 의한 폐렴

  • Lee, Young-Kyun (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Ha, Yong-Chan (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital) ;
  • Koo, Kyung-Hoi (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
  • 이영균 (분당서울대학교병원 정형외과) ;
  • 하용찬 (중앙대학교병원 정형외과) ;
  • 구경회 (분당서울대학교병원 정형외과)
  • Received : 2012.07.18
  • Accepted : 2012.09.06
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

We report a case of delayed diagnosed pneumonia due to an aspirated metallic crown, which had been detached from a molar tooth. Dental prosthesis should be checked and a careful review of the chest radiograph is mandatory when an elderly patient with delirium after hip fracture surgery develops pneumonia postoperatively.

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