ALLMedicine™ Hip Fracture Center

Sep 26th, 2021 - Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) prior to surgery has recently been shown to reduce the risk of myocardial injury and myocardial infarction after hip fracture surgery. This study investigated whether RIPC initiated antithrombotic mechanisms ...

Sep 26th, 2021 - To identify whether anesthesia type is associated with surgical outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing operative treatment for a hip fracture. Retrospective database review of prospectively collected data. Patients included in the American Coll...

Sep 25th, 2021 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of circulating serum levels of irisin in predicting hip fracture occurrence in a cohort of Chinese postmenopausal women. This was a cross-section and case-control study. Four hundred and thirty po...

Sep 24th, 2021 - Hip fractures are a public health problem among older adults, but most research on recovery after hip fracture has been limited to females. With growing numbers of hip fractures among males, it is important to determine how recovery outcomes may d...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - Increasing numbers of patients are taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants at the time of hip fracture. Evidence is limited on how and if the effects of DOAC's should be reversed before surgical fixation. Wide variations in practice exist. We conducted ...

Apr 21st, 2018 - Because of the aging population, osteoporotic fractures are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Approximately 2 million osteoporotic fractures occurred in the United States in 2005, and annual incidence...

May 17th, 2021 - Erythropoietin-stimulating agents — widely used to treat anemia in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) — increase the risk of hip fracture in patients on dialysis, and the higher the dose, the greater the risk, the first study of its kind indicates. In...

Apr 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Increased levels of uric acid may signal a higher risk of hip fracture, according to a large population-based cohort study by researchers in Europe. "Our results suggest that uric acid could be useful as an easily measu...

Jan 22nd, 2021 - Most people recover from the depression associated with a hip fracture in about a year as they return to normal activities, researchers find. Physicians can help by encouraging these patients to stay in contact with friends and family, said senior...

Dec 21st, 2020 - Women treated with oral bisphosphonate drugs for osteoporosis for 5 years get no additional benefit ― in terms of hip fracture risk ― if the treatment is extended for another 5 years, new research shows. "We found that hip fracture risk in women d...

Dec 10th, 2020 - Globally, more than 200 million people are affected by osteoporosis, a metabolic bone disorder in which low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue lead to increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. Osteoporotic fractu...