Which of the following statements is false regarding hip fractures? A. Hip injury may present as knee pain, especially in children and elderly B. Pelvic ring and femoral neck fractures as a result of a fall from standing are almost always mutually exclusive C. An ambulating patient will almost never have an acute hip fracture D. The “patellar-pubic percussion test” may be used to detect a hip effusion

About the Author: Anton Helman

Dr. Anton Helman is an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Division of Emergency Medicine and the Education Innovation Lead at the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Instititute. He is the founder, editor-in-chief and host of Emergency Medicine Cases.