Hip fracture is an important public health and personal burden, and this burden is
anticipated to increase over the next several decades. Although white women experience …

Purpose: To summarize the reported short-and long-term costs associated with hip fracture
occurrence in old age, based on a systematic literature review of published studies. A further …

Treatment of older adults with hip fracture is a healthcare challenge. Orthogeriatric
comanagement that is an integrated model of care with shared responsibility improves time …

Introduction Proximal femoral bone strength is not only a function of femoral bone mineral
density (BMD), but also a function of the spatial distribution of bone mass intrinsic in …

The detrimental effect of stress on the immune response increases with age, though the
mechanisms responsible are not fully understood. The physiological response to stress is …

Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is often fatal in older patients. The mouth is the main
reservoir of infection and studies have suggested that oral hygiene interventions may …

The hip fracture service (HFS) is an interdisciplinary, geriatrician‐led program instituted to
improve the care of frail elderly people who present to the hospital with acute hip fracture …

Background Hip fractures are common in the elderly and are associated with a high adverse
event and mortality rate. Time to surgery is one of the major modifiable risk factors …

Objective: This study describes the financial impact of an organized hip fracture program for
elderly patients age 65 years and older. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 797 …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the mortality in hip fracture patients with regard
to use of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), by comparing survival in exposed and …