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Osteoporosis and Hip Fracture

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1993
Recent studies have identified multiple factors contributing to osteoporosis and hip fracture in women. It is now possible to identify individuals who are at increased risk of osteoporotic fractures through bone densitometry, so that appropriate measures for the prevention and restoration of bone loss can be instituted.
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Hip Fractures in Children

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2009
Hip fractures account for
Boardman, Matthew J.   +3 more
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Recovery of health-related quality of life in a United Kingdom hip fracture population. The Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation--a prospective cohort study.

The Bone & Joint Journal, 2015
Hip fracture is a global public health problem. The National Hip Fracture Database provides a framework for service evaluation in this group of patients in the United Kingdom, but does not collect patient-reported outcome data and is unable to provide ...
X. Griffin   +4 more
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Prevention of hip fractures

The American Journal of Medicine, 1993
For a 50-year old Caucasian woman today, the risk of a hip fracture over her remaining life-time is about 17%. Tomorrow the situation will clearly be worse because the continuous increase in life expectancy will cause a three-fold increase in worldwide fracture incidence over the next 60 years.
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Hip fracture.

BMJ clinical evidence, 2016
Between 12% and 37% of people will die in the year after a hip fracture, and 10% to 20% of survivors will move into a more dependent residence.We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of surgical interventions in people with hip fracture?
David, Oliver   +3 more
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Intertrochanteric fracture of the hip

The American Journal of Surgery, 1957
Abstract 1. 1. The mortality and morbidity following intertrochanteric fractures of the femur appear to be higher than is generally recognized. 2. 2. Although the functional end result is better in younger patients, excellent functional results can be obtained in the eighth and ninth decades of life. 3. 3.
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The management of fractures of the hip

Nursing Standard, 1992
Proximal femoral fractures are a common reason for admission to orthopaedic units, and one which may become even more regular as the population ages. Despite this, newcomers to the orthopaedic arena, such as nursing students, may be confused when faced by different hip fractures and the treatments which may be offered.
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Hip Fracture

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2011
Fernanda Porto Carriero   +1 more
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