Fracture fragility is a huge concern for hospitals and surgeons, as one-year mortality rates are estimated around 30 percent, according to a TeamHealth white paper titled “The Fragility Fracture ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hip fractures include fractures of the head, neck, intertrochanteric, and subtrochanteric regions. Head ...
Orosz GM, Magaziner J, Hannan EL, Morrison RS, Koval K, Gilbert M, et al. Association of timing of surgery for hip fracture and patient outcomes. JAMA 2004;291:1738-43. Background: Over 220 000 hip ...
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Increased age- and sex-adjusted US fracture ...
In the case of a hip fracture, operating on a patient with dementia can be a difficult decision to make. Indeed, surgery exposes patients with dementia to a higher mortality rate, more delirium and ...
Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors were at significantly lower risk for hip and spine fractures compared with those receiving only ...