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Waiting more than 24 hours for hip fracture surgery is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes for sicker patients: a nationwide cohort study of 63,998 patients using the Swedish Hip Fracture Register
CONCLUSION: The associations between waiting > 24 hours for hip fracture surgery and AF, CHF, and acute ischemia suggest that shorter waiting time may reduce adverse outcomes for the sicker patients.PMID:36847752 | PMC:PMC9972166 | DOI:10.2340/17453674.2023.9595
Source: Acta Orthopaedica - February 27, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Katarina Greve Stina Ek Erzs ébet Bartha Karin Modig Margareta Hedstr öm Source Type: research

Anemia is associated with increased risk of non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures in elderly men: the MrOS Sweden cohort
ConclusionsAnemia is associated with an increased risk for any fracture and non-vertebral osteoporotic fracture in elderly men with a long follow-up time. The cause is probably multifactorial and our results support that anemia can be used as a predictor for future fracture.
Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - June 23, 2022 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research

Fragility fractures in Europe: burden, management and opportunities
ConclusionsFracture-related burden is expected to increase over the coming decades. Given the substantial treatment gap and proven cost-effectiveness of fracture prevention schemes such as fracture liaison services, urgent action is needed to ensure that all individuals at high risk of fragility fracture are appropriately assessed and treated.
Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - April 18, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research

Decreased physical health-related quality of life —a persisting state for older women with clinical vertebral fracture
ConclusionsClinical vertebral fracture was associated with lower self-rated physical HRQoL, for up to 18.9  years after time of fracture.
Source: Osteoporosis International - June 20, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research