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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
Casey, Scott D   +6 more
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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

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   +11 more sources

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

Application of a deep learning algorithm for detection and visualization of hip fractures on plain pelvic radiographs

open access: yesEuropean Radiology, 2019
ObjectiveTo identify the feasibility of using a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) for the detection and localization of hip fractures on plain frontal pelvic radiographs (PXRs).Summary of background dataHip fracture is a leading worldwide health ...
Chi-Tung Cheng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sacral Fractures and Associated Injuries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to describe the injuries associated with sacral fractures and to analyze their impact on patient outcome.
Bellabarba, Carlo   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Encountering a Rare Implant in the Hip-A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Hip fractures are common injuries in the elderly population. Present day management is stabilisation of these fractures as early as possible. The use of internal fixation devices in the treatment of hip fractures has proved to be a major advancement in ...
Surendra Umesh Kamath   +2 more
doaj   +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

Current and Future Incidence and Costs of Osteoporosis-Related Fractures in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study aims to estimate the incidence and costs of osteoporosis-related fractures in The Netherlands in 2010 and project them to 2030. The incidence and costs of five different types of fractures (spine, hip, upper extremity, lower extremity, wrist ...
Bergh, J.P.W. (Joop) van den   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Epidemiology of hip fractures

open access: yesZeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie (Print), 2018
BackgroundHip fractures are regarded as a worldwide epidemic and a major public health concern. Changing risk factors, local differences and temporal trends contribute to the particular epidemiology of hip fractures.
K. Rapp   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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