Objective: hip fracture is a common and serious condition associated with high mortality.
This study aimed to identify pre-operative characteristics which are associated with an …

BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are always associated with a high postoperative mortality, the
preoperative predictors for mortality have neither been well identified or summarised. This …

Background Hip fractures are a major worldwide public health problem and includes two
main types of fractures: the intracapsular (cervical) and the extracapsular (trochanteric and …

Hip fracture is a leading cause of profound morbidity in individuals aged 65 years and older,
ranking in the top 10 causes of loss of disability-adjusted life-years for older adults …

This systematic literature review has shown that patients experiencing hip fracture after low-
impact trauma are at considerable excess risk for death compared with nonhip …

I ntroduction: osteoporosis is a common disease, and the incidence of osteoporotic fractures
is expected to rise with the growing elderly population. Immediately following, and probably …

Comanagement of geriatric hip fracture patients with standardized protocols has been
shown to improve short-term outcomes after surgery. A standardized, patient-centered …

Background Hip fractures are common in the elderly and have a high 30 day postoperative
mortality. The ability to recognize patients at high risk of poor outcomes before operation …

Study design Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective To describe the
impact of patient demographics, injury-specific factors, and medical co-morbidities on …

Background Hip fracture is an international public health problem. Worldwide, approximately
1.5 million hip fractures occur per year, with roughly 340,000 in the United States in …