ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION:  ON OCTOBER 7, 1996 AT 3:00AM, DECEASED FELL AT HOME SUSTAINING A HIP FRACTURE.  AS PER HER SON, DR. JOHN GOTTDIENER,  THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED.  SEQUENTIALLY, DECEASED UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE HIP ON OCTOBER 7, 1996.  RESULTING FROM A CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST  AND STATUS POST OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE HIP, PATIENT CODED ON OCTOBER 14, 1996 AT 12:15 PM.    