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Mortality after osteoporotic hip fracture: incidence, trends, and associated factors

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
BackgroundIt is known that mortality after hip fracture increases compared to the general population; the trend in mortality is a controversial issue.The objective of this study is to examine incidence, trends, and factors associated with mortality in ...
O. Guzon-Illescas   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Presidential Succession and Disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 1956
Background: Recent research in a large cohort of women showed that coffee consumption is not associated with increased risk of fracture. Whether this is the case also among men is less clear. Methods: In the Cohort of Swedish Men (COSM) study, 42,978 men
Byberg, Liisa   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Muscle density is an independent risk factor of second hip fracture: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given.
Ling Wang   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comorbidities only account for a small proportion of excess mortality after fracture: A record linkage study of individual fracture types [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Non-hip non-vertebral fractures (NHNV) constitute the majority of osteoporotic fractures but few studies have examined the association between these fractures, co-morbidity and mortality.
Bliuc, Dana   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Contralateral hip fractures and other osteoporosis-related fractures in hip fracture patients: Incidence and risk factors. An observational cohort study of 1,229 patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: To report risk factors, 1-year and overall risk for a contralateral hip and other osteoporosis-related fractures in a hip fracture population. Methods: An observational study on 1,229 consecutive patients of 50 years and older, who sustained a ...
Anne J. H. Vochteloo   +43 more
core   +4 more sources

Psychiatric illness predicts poor outcome after surgery for hip fracture: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Background. Hip fracture is common in the elderly. Previous studies suggest that psychiatric illness is common and predicts poor outcome, but have methodological weaknesses. Further studies are required to address this important issue. Methods.
Holmes, J., House, A.
core   +1 more source

Changing trends in the mortality rate at 1-year post hip fracture - a systematic review

open access: yesWorld Journal of Orthopaedics, 2019
BACKGROUND Traditionally, the mortality rate at 1-year post hip fracture was quoted as approximately 30% of all hip fractures. There have been recent improvements in hip fracture care in the main driven by national hip fracture registries with reductions
C. Downey, M. Kelly, J. Quinlan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates bone loss in mice with ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis via modulating gut microbiota and metabolic function

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2022
Background: Osteoporosis (OP) is a systemic metabolic bone disease characterized by decreased bone mass and destruction of bone microstructure, which tends to result in enhanced bone fragility and related fractures. The postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP)
Yuan-Wei Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The assessment of vertebral fractures in elderly women with recent hip fractures: the BREAK Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Summary This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of vertebral fractures in elderly women with a recent hip fracture. The burden of vertebral fractures expressed by the Spinal Deformity Index (SDI) is more strictly associated with the trochanteric than
C. Caffarelli   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of hip protectors in frail institutionalized elderly [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
A randomized controlled trial was performed to examine the cost-effectiveness of external hip protectors in the prevention of hip fractures. Since the hip protectors were not effective in preventing hip fractures in our study, the main objective became ...
Colon-Emeric   +18 more
core   +2 more sources

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