1. INCIDENCE OF HIP FRACTURE Hip fractures include femoral neck, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fractures, and the classification is based on their location. In risk parlance, the term “hip fracture” refers to all these types. Similar to the incidence pattern of any fracture, the incidence...
Strains and sprain—if there was a preceding trauma and injury, strains and sprains can be suspected for the underlying etiology after fracture is ruled out. Frequently, the imaging studies are negative other than avulsion injury at the insertion site. Depending on the mechanism of injury and loc...
However, experiencing a fall and hip fracture during the SNF stay was a sentinel event that limited the achievement of this goal. There is an urgent need to ensure the integration of fall prevention into the patient's plan of care. Further, falls among SNF patients may serve as indicator ...
Medical charts were reviewed for patient demographics, autonomy level, level of care, neurocognitive disorders (NCD), fracture type, in-hospital data and outpatient death within three months of admission. Analysis was performed through univariate and multivariate models with SAS OnDemand for Academics ...
The identified factors associated with the postoperative 1 and 2 year follow-up of a hip fracture should be incorporated into clinical strategies and postoperative nursing to provide muscle rehabilitation and good functional outcomes. In addition, the health care plan must ens...
As there are effective treatments to reduce hip fractures, identification of patients at high risk of hip fracture is important to inform efficient intervention strategies. To obtain a new tool for hip fracture prediction, we developed a protein-based risk score in the Cardiovascular Health Study us...
Hip fracture is the most common orthopedic injury in older people and is associated with considerable financial costs to the healthcare system, which becomes a global significant public health concern [1,2]. Meanwhile, the incidence of hip fractures increases rapidly in low- and middle-income coun...
It could provide ef- fective evidence for perioperative nursing of hip frac- ture in the elderly. Methods Search strategy Published articles were searched by two researchers for comparing the efficacy and safety of fast-track surgery (FTS) in elderly patients with hip fracture fol- lowing the ...
Congenital Dysplasia of the HipDiagnosis, Treatment, Nursing Caredoi:10.1016/S0001-2092(07)66939-7DeborahH.AielloSDOSAorn Journal
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance on hip fracture published in 2011 refers to the hip fracture programme [1]. This chapter aims to expand on the concept of the hip fracture programme and how this approach in the acute peri-operative period can ensure the ...