BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are always associated with a high postoperative mortality, the
preoperative predictors for mortality have neither been well identified or summarised. This …

This article discusses the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and is part of the
Seventh American College of Chest Physicians Conference on Antithrombotic and …

This article discusses the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and is part of the
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence …

Objectives To evaluate postoperative medical complications and the association between
these complications and mortality at 30 days and one year after surgery for hip fracture and …

I ntroduction: osteoporosis is a common disease, and the incidence of osteoporotic fractures
is expected to rise with the growing elderly population. Immediately following, and probably …

• Design: either prospective cohort studies or control groups of randomized trials•
Interventions: no prophylaxis used

The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of mortality following osteoporotic fractures
at the spine, shoulder, hip, and forearm. We studied 2,847 patients with fractures at these …

ContextPrevious studies of surgical timing in patients with hip fracture have yielded
conflicting findings on mortality and have not focused on functional outcomes. ObjectiveTo …

A high excess mortality is well described after hip fracture. Deaths are in part related to
comorbidity and in part due directly or indirectly to the hip fracture event itself (causally …

In order to define the optimum timing of surgery for a hip fracture, we performed a systematic
review of published evidence. Data was extracted by two independent reviewers and the …