Hip fractures: public perceptions

Hip fractures: public perceptions are we jumping the gun?

We read with interest the article by McBride et al, which reported that only 4% of 127 patients and relatives in an outpatient clinic post hip replacement following a hip fracture correctly acknowledged one-year mortality for hip fractures to be approximately 30%. Poor knowledge retention of doctor–patient consultations (20–60%)1 does not explain this figure fully. To investigate further we und...

Frequency of Delirium after Hip Fractures Surgery

Background and purpose: Delirium is a recurrent cognitive disorder which is one of the most common neurologic diagnosis in patients who have had pelvic surgeries. This complication occurs in a short time and early diagnosis results in early management. Current study was done to investigate the frequency of delirium and identifying the factors affecting its incidence in patients with pelvic surg...

Hip fractures in children.

Hip fractures account for <1% of all pediatric fractures. Most are caused by high-energy mechanisms, but pathologic hip fractures also occur, usually from low-energy trauma. Complications occur at a high rate because the vascular and osseous anatomy of the child's proximal femur is vulnerable to injury. Surgical options vary based on the child's age, Delbet classification type, and degree of di...

Epidemiology of hip fractures.

Hip fractures are the most serious osteoporotic fracture at both an individual and population level. In the United States alone there are over 250,000 hip fractures each year (1), costing at least 5.4 billion dollars annually (2). About 20 percent of persons who fracture their hip are dead within a year (3, 4) and, of the survivors, many never regain their prefracture level of physical function...

Do hip pads help prevent hip fractures?