There are statistics about what happens when you break your hip and they include ... Something like half of people who fracture their hips wind up in a nursing home type setting for at least ...

Patients have twice the risk of inpatient complications and mortality after having a second, contralateral hip fracture ...

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

More severe acute pain trajectories led to greater opioid consumption and longer hospitalization among older patients with fragility hip fractures.

Despite national guidelines, how health services organise hip fracture care varies greatly across UK hospitals. Finding out which parts of the hip fracture care pathway explain variation in patient ...

About 1 in 4 patients who've fallen and suffered a hip fracture will require long-term care in the year after their fall. The new research looked at data on 129 women over the age of 64 who'd ...

About 25% of these patients require long-term care a year after their fall. The research involved 129 women aged 65 and older who had recently undergone surgical repair for hip fractures and who ...

“The high prevalence of dementia among hip fracture patients and its impact on mortality emphasize the need for comprehensive care strategies that address both the cognitive and physical health ...

Background Proximal femoral fractures in older adults affect prognosis, quality of life and medical expenses. Therefore, ...

Led by principal investigator Joseph Patterson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in fracture care at Keck Medicine of USC, the "FASTER-Hip" trial aims to determine whether patients with a ...