doi:10.2165/00042310-200319010-00005NoneSpringer International PublishingDrugs & Therapy PerspectivesNA;. (2003) Secondary prevention of hip fractures should be standard care for patients who sustain a hip fracture. Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 19 , 14-17 /...
A multidisciplinary approach has previously been found to reduce the readmission and 30-day mortality rates of NHF patients with hip fracture compared to a standard intervention.4,7 These study designs employed a hospital outreach team to provide the intervention during a follow-up period of 28-30...
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patients are transferred to the rehabilitation unit following their acute phase of care. Fragility hip fracture patients are assessed by the clinical nurse specialist on the rehabilitation ward. The
Trends in incidence of hip fractures were standardized to the age distribution of the year 2000, and standard errors were calculated taking into account the age adjustment.42 Visual inspection suggested a change in incident hip fracture trends; therefore, we tested for a break in the incidence ...
Standard of care We selected a group of patients attended in our hospital for hip fracture in the first quarter of 2015 in whom FLS activity stopped owing to sick leave of the nurse. The purpose of the control group was only to have a reference of the real practice in our health area ...
Clinical characteristics and risk factors of postoperative pneumonia after hip fracture surgery: a prospective cohort study. Osteoporosis Int J Establ Result Cooper Between Eur Found Osteoporosis Natl Osteoporosis Found USA. 2016;27:3001–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-016-3624-5. Article CAS ...
Hipfractures.As you age, your bones can become weak and brittle, making them more likely to break during a fall.A hip fracture can be caused by this type of injury or by repetitive stress. You can get a stress fracture when pressure is repeatedly placed on the bone, such as during spor...
The index stay was the hospitalisation forhip fracture. Follow-up time was 12 months after discharge from the index stay. Volumes of care and the accompanying costs were collected and calculated. The Regional Committee of Ethics inMedical Researchapproved the study. Clinical guidelines for the care...
1 The chance of death in the 3 months following a hip fracture increases by fivefold for women and eightfold for men, relative to age- and sex-matched controls.2 When a middle-aged or elderly patient presents with acute hip pain and fracture is suspected, clinical guidelines recommend first...