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Original Source: Mortality After Distal Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients.
BACKGROUND: Hip fractures in the elderly are associated with high 1-year mortality rates, but whether patients with other lower extremity fractures are exposed to a similar mortality risk is not clear. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We evaluated the mortality of elderly patients after distal femur fractures; determined predictors for mortality; analyzed the effect of surgical delay; and compared survivorship of elderly patients with distal femur fractures with subjects in a matched hip fracture group. PATIENTS AND MET...
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Fosamax Lawsuits Update: Rottenstein Law Group Responds to Femur Fracture Verdict in Merckâs Favor
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Hip Fracture In India Is Associated With High Rates Of Mortality And Disability
Indian study shows that 30.4 percent of hip fracture patients died within one year, with the majority of deaths occurring within the first six months after fracture; survivors had high rates of functi...
Study shows 30.4% of hip fracture patients in India died within one year
In various studies across different countries the reported one year mortality risks after hip fracture can vary anywhere from 5 to 50 %. In India, however, there has been little research on the risk o...
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Mortality After Distal Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients.
BACKGROUND: Hip fractures in the elderly are associated with high 1-year mortality rates, but whether patients with other lower extremity fractures are exposed to a similar mortality risk is not clear...
Why do hip fracture patients die?.
The mortality rate after a hip fracture is very high. It doubles those of people of the same age without fracture and the excess of mortality remains for years. There are several patient-dependent fac...
Evaluation and treatment of osetoporotic distal radius fracture in the elderly patient.
Distal radius fractures are an increasingly prevalent upper extremity injury, especially among elderly patients. While treatment guidelines for the acute bony injury have been well documented, treatme...
Excess mortality after hip fracture among elderly women in Norway : The HUNT study.
We wanted to study mortality after hip fractures among elderly women in Norway. We found that excess mortality was highest short time after hip fracture, but persisted for several years after the frac...
Delirium Is Not Associated with Mortality in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients.
Background: The relationship between delirium and mortality remains obscure. The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of delirium and the interaction between delirium and chronic cognitiv...
