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Hip Fractures

Known as: HIP FRACTURE, broken hips, fractured hip 
Traumatic or pathological injury to the hip in which the continuity of either the femoral head, femoral neck, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric… 
National Institutes of Health

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Femoral Neck FracturesIntertrochanteric FracturesSubtrochanteric FracturesTROCHANTERIC FEMUR FRACTURE

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FractureHip Injuries
Fracture of pelvisIn BloodMicrobiologicalchemically induced

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes.
BACKGROUND Hip fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults. Patients sustaining hip… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Integrity of the lateral femoral wall in intertrochanteric hip fractures: an important predictor of a reoperation.
BACKGROUND Reoperations after intertrochanteric fractures are often necessitated by fracture displacement following mobilization… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Hidden blood loss after surgery for hip fracture.
Our aim was to determine the total blood loss associated with surgery for fracture of the hip and to identify risk factors for… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Quality of life related to fear of falling and hip fracture in older women: a time trade off study.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the utility (preference for health) associated with hip fracture and fear of falling among older women… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Survival after Hip Fracture: Short- and Long-Term Excess Mortality According to Age and Gender
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the excess mortality after hip fracture and to reveal whether, and eventually… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid therapy and hip fracture.
OBJECTIVE--To identify the risk of hip fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and those taking corticosteroids. METHODS… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Appendicular Bone Density and Age Predict Hip Fracture in Women
To determine whether measurement of bone density predicts hip fracture in women, we prospectively studied 9703 nonblack women… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Appendicular bone density and age predict hip fracture in women. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.
To determine whether measurement of bone density predicts hip fracture in women, we prospectively studied 9703 nonblack women… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Lifetime risks of hip, Colles', or vertebral fracture and coronary heart disease among white postmenopausal women.
Lifetime risk is a useful way to estimate and compare the risk of various conditions. Hip fractures, Colles' fractures, and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Determinants of recovery 12 months after hip fracture: the importance of psychosocial factors.
The independent contributions to recovery from hip fracture of psychosocial factors including depression, personality, social… 
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