Falling Hip Fracture Rates
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Trends in hip fracture rates in Canada.
CONTEXT Hip fractures are a public health concern because they are associated with significant morbidity, excess mortality, and the majority of the costs directly attributable to osteoporosis. OBJECTIVE To examine trends in hip fracture rates in Canada. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Ecologic trend study using nationwide hospitalization data for 1985 to 2005 from a database at the Canadian I...
متن کاملCurrent and projected rates of hip fracture in Canada.
OBJECTIVE To determine the current values and estimate the projected values (to the year 2041) for annual number of proximal femoral fractures (PFFs), age-adjusted rates of fracture, rates of death in the acute care setting, associated length of stay (LOS) in hospital, and seasonal variation by sex and age in elderly Canadians. DESIGN Hospital discharge data for fiscal year 1993-94 from the C...
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Introduction: Hip fractures are primarily seen in elderly patients. Older age and accompanying diseases leads to negative outcomes in this patient group. More than 320,000 cases of hip fractures are diagnosed every year in the U.S.A and there is a mortality rate of 14-36% in the first year after surgery. The aim of our research was to study factors that affect mortality. Methods: For this purpo...
متن کاملDeclining hip fracture rates in the United States.
SIR—Unintentional falls are a common occurrence among older adults, affecting ∼30% of persons aged 65 years and older annually [1]. One of the most serious fall outcomes is hip fracture, an injury that often results in long-term functional impairment, nursing home admission and increased mortality [2]. More than 90% of hip fractures are caused by falls [3], usually by falling onto the hip [4]. ...
متن کاملDetermining the risk of falling in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This study examines the risk of falling in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery in the orthopaedic clinic during the postoperative period. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of 71 elderly patients aged more than 65 years undergoing hip fracture surgery. A questionnaire, the Tinetti balance test and the min...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0884-0431
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.070326