An older adult is admitted to the ER following a fall.The patient complains of pain in the back.The patient has a history of osteoporosis.The nurse would expect the patient's injury and subsequent pain is most likely due to:
A) A fractured hip
B) Spinal stenosis
C) Herniation of a thoracic disk
D) A spinal compression fracture

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Osteoporosis increases the risk of spinal compression fractures and may be why elderly women report more symptoms than men.
A fracture of the hip could have occurred,but the patient's pain is in the back and this would not cause pain in the back.
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal and is most often congenital and would not be due to a fall.
Herniation of a thoracic disk could have occurred,but the most likely explanation is a compression fracture.

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