Question

Grace, who is 81 and suffers from dementia, was admitted due to a fracture of the femur, pathological in nature.

She suffers from metastatic bone cancer as a result of uterine cancer. Grace expired on day 4 of her hospitalization.

What is the principal diagnosis?

Answer 1

Answer: The principal diagnosis of Grace is PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE OF THE FEMUR.

Explanation: Principal diagnosis is that condition that is established after a thorough study and seen to be responsible for occasioning the admission of a patient to the hospital for care.

In other words, principle diagnosis is the main health challenge/illness that prompted a client to come to the hospital to seek Medical/Nursing care.

So in the context of the question, pathological fracture of the femur is what brought Grace to the hospital making it her principal diagnosis.

Answer 2

Pathological Fracture of the femur.

Step-by-step explanation:

Okay, let us do the analysis by checking out some of the Important facts about this question. So, in the question we the woman whose name is Grace is 81 years old, the woman also suffered from dementia(things like forgetfulness). This same woman has fracture of the femur(which is the first reason she was admitted) and metastatic bone cancer because of uterine cancer.

With all the information above we can conclude that the woman's principal diagnosis is Pathological Fracture of the femur.

We can also see this in the Second statement of the first paragraph in the question; ''was admitted due to a fracture of the femur, pathological in nature". That is is to say the reason she was admitted initially was because of Pathological Fracture of the femur.