Compression fracture 
Pathophysiology
Nursing management
Causes
Symptoms
Definition
Reference
Treatment
Is the condition that occurs when one or more spine bones weaken
Back pain
Lost height
Hunched forward posture
Hormone
Narcotic
Analgesics
Osteoporosis
Trauma due to car accident
High falls
The patient with close fracture is to be assessed for opening in the skin at the fracture site
Signs and symptoms of infection is to be assessed in fractured site
The patient with open fracture is assessed for risk of tetanus
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osteoporosis, osteoclastic activity exceeds osteoblastic activity, resulting in a generalized decrease in bone density. The osteoporosis weakens the bone to the point that even a minor fall on the tailbone, causing an axial load or flexion, results in one or more compression fractures.