A patient is brought to the Emergency Department after being found by neighbors. The patient says she has been lying on the floor in the house for 3 days. What action by the health care professional is best?
A)Order a serum creatine kinase (CK) level
B)Obtain an x-ray of the patient's hips
C)Arrange for the patient to have a DXA scan
D)Perform the Fracture Risk Assessment

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This patient is at high risk of having rhabdomyolysis. The best diagnostic test for this disorder is a serum creatine kinase level. The patient may well have a hip fracture, but other bones may be broken as well and the patient may well have rhabdomyolysis. A DXA scan and Fracture Risk Assessment are useful tools for osteoporosis.

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