27th February 2025

A 73-year-old woman is brought in by ambulance to A&E as she is unable to walk.

A 73-year-old woman is brought in by ambulance to A&E as she is unable to walk. Her daughter reports that her mother has been struggling with pain in her hips for the last few weeks, and has been completely unable to weight bear after stepping off a bus earlier in the day.

A right hip X-ray demonstrates a non-displaced transverse subtrochanteric fracture.

Her regular medications include prednisolone 7.5 mg once daily for control of polymyalgia rheumatica and alendronate 10 mg once daily for primary prevention of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

What should further management entail?

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