Arihiko K,Masaaki H,Masako N,et al.Trochanteric hipfracturein an elderly patient with leprosy during osteoporosis treatment with risedronate and alfacalcidol.Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 2005Arihiko K,Masaaki H,Masako N,et al.Trochanteric hipfracturein an elderly patient with leprosy ...
Hip fractures are common in the elderly. These people often had a history of multiple falls, and previous fractures. Fear of falling (FOF) have being reported in the follow-up of hip fractures. Aims To evaluate the FOF in patients just after hip fracture and before surgical treatment. Materi...
Evidence-based clinical audit criteria for the prevention and management of delirium in the postoperative patient with a hip fracture. Delirium is a frequent, yet often unrecognized, occurrence in elderly hospitalized patients. In patients with hip fracture, the incidence of delirium is re... C ...
Hospital length of stays (LOS) for incident of hip fracture are decreasing, but it is unknown if these changes have negative impacts on vulnerable older patient populations, like those with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We aimed to assess if persons with and without AD have different hospital LOS...
Elderly patient - Predominantly female, fall from standing height (fragility fracture). Often patients have multiple comorbidities that will ultimately dictate their prognosis. Aim of orthopaedic treatment is to immediately regain patient mobility so that morbidity (infection, thromboembolic events, pressure...
(≥2 hours). The validation of the risk prediction model in a cohort of 189 elderly hip fracture patients demonstrated strong predictive performance, with an AUC of 0.956, sensitivity of 87.3%, specificity of 94.8%, and a Brier score of 0.144, indicating both high predictive accuracy and ...
Multi-disciplinary care of the patient with acute hip fracture: How to optimise the care for the elderly, traumatised patient at and around the time of the... Wilson H. Multi-disciplinary care of the patient with acute hip fracture: How to optimise the care for the elderly, traumatised ...
Patient and caregiver outcomes 12 months after home-based therapy for hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:1237–9. To compare the effect of early discharge and home-based therapy with conventional hospital rehabilitation on patient and caregiver outcomes at 12...
Little is known about the effects, specifically the long-term effects, of intervention programs on HRQOL for elderly patients with hip fracture in Chinese populations. The short- and long-term effects of an interdisciplinary intervention program for elders with hip fracture in Taiwan were examined ...
elderly patient presents with acute hip pain and fracture is suspected, clinical guidelines recommend first ordering a hip radiograph.3However, not all fractures are detectable on radiographs.4,5If a patient with high clinical suspicion of fracture has a negative or indeterminant radiograph, then it...