International Fragility Fracture Network Delphi consensus statement on the principles of anaesthesia for patients with hip fracture

Modernising Hip Fracture Anaesthesia

Hip fracture carries a 30-day mortality of around 8% in the United Kingdom. This figure has remained relatively unchanged despite modern developments in anaesthetic technique. These range from improvements in perioperative analgesia and mortality scoring systems, changes to intra-operative anaesthetic technique and strategies to reduce the requirement for blood transfusion. In this article, we ...

Acute nursing care of the older adult with fragility hip fracture: An international perspective (Part 1)

Ann Butler Maher RN, MS, FNP-BC, ONC (Family Nurse Practitioner) *, Anita J Meehan RN-BC, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gerontology/ Director) , Karen Hertz RN, BSc(Hons), MSc (Advanced Nurse Practitioner T&O) , Ami Hommel RN, CNS, PhD (Associate Professor) , Valerie MacDonald RN, BSN, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist) , Mary P O’Sullivan RGN, RM, BNS/RNT, MSc Nursing (Clinical Develo...

Acute nursing care of the older adult with fragility hip fracture: An international perspective (Part 2)

Post-fracture management of patients with hip fracture: a perspective.

BACKGROUND Hip fracture creates a worldwide morbidity, mortality and economic burden. After surgery, many patients experience long-term disability or die as a consequence of the fracture. A fracture is a major risk factor for a subsequent fracture, which may occur within a short interval. METHODS A literature search on post-fracture management of patients with hip fracture was performed on th...

Economic Analysis of Bisphosphonate Use after Distal Radius Fracture for Prevention of Hip Fracture

Background: Osteoporosis is a common condition among the elderly population, and is associated with an increased risk of fracture. One of the most common fragility fractures involve the distal radius, and are associated with risk of subsequent fragility fracture. Early treatment with bisphosphonates has been suggested to decrease the population hip fracture burden. However, there have been no p...