Objective To assess the effect of calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation on fractures and falls in adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Trials included in ...
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Increased age- and sex-adjusted US fracture ...
In the case of a hip fracture, operating on a patient with dementia can be a difficult decision to make. Indeed, surgery exposes patients with dementia to a higher mortality rate, more delirium and ...
Among stroke populations, the FRAC-Stroke tool may be useful for identifying patients at increased risk for fracture.
Identifying patients with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density and high risk for osteoporotic fractures is possible in administrative data using osteoporosis diagnoses and fracture risk profile.