ArticleClinical orthopaedics and related research2013
Is there a difference in timing and cause of death after fractures in the elderly?
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- Mortality in patients over 65 with proximal humerus fractures: a systematic review of 414,379 shoulders with meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Pooled it
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- Incidence and mortality of fractures by frailty level over 80 years of age: cohort study using UK electronic health records.BMJ open · 2018Article
- [Complications after osteosynthesis of the proximal femur].Der Orthopade · 2014Review
- Pre-hospital and admission parameters predict in-hospital mortality among patients 60 years and older following severe trauma.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2013Article
- Trauma in elderly patients: a study of prevalence, comorbidities and gender differences.Il Giornale di chirurgiaArticle
- Older Age, Comorbid Illnesses, and Injury Severity Affect Immediate Outcome in Elderly Trauma Patients.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
- Risk factors of mortality during the first year after low energy osteoporosis fracture: a retrospective case-control study.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPatients who sustain osteoporotic fractures have excessive mortality compared to age-matched controls, which is most pronounced within the first 6 months postfracture. However, the timing and cause of death in the first 3 months after sustaining a fracture are unclear. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We therefore evaluated and compared the timing and cause of death in patients who sustained a pelvic, proximal femoral, spinal, or proximal humeral fracture 30 and 90 days after fracture.
methodsFrom medical records, we recorded age at time of fracture, sex, fracture site, comorbidities, date of death, and cause of death of 1630 patients with 1630 fractures admitted to our department between 2001 and 2007. The median age at the time of fracture was 83 years and 89% of the patients were women.
resultsFifty-eight patients died within 30 days after fracture (3.6%), and 122 patients (7.5%) died within 90 days after fracture. Cardiovascular causes of death were most frequent in all fracture groups. Patients who suffered from spinal fractures died earlier within 30 days after fracture than patients who suffered from other types of fractures.
conclusionsThis shows the severity and impact of a spinal injury compared to other typical fragility fractures.
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