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Fracture site was associated with differences in care needs and frailty among older adults, and distal radius fractures were more common among individuals with lower care needs, whereas pelvic and distal femur fractures were more common among those with advanced frailty.
DRFs in older adults may reflect preserved function and skeletal fragility rather than advanced frailty and represent a critical window for initiating osteoporosis treatment to prevent subsequent fractures and improve long-term outcomes.
BACKGROUND Early mortality after hip fracture surgery remains high. Existing risk models treat age and frailty as independent predictors and may not reflect how physiologic reserve modifies risk across fixation strategies. We evaluated whether modeling age-frailty interactions improves estimation of 30-day mortality....
Periprosthetic femur fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the association between frailty and adverse outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated periprosthetic femur fractures, as well as to compare the predictive performance of multiple...
Concomitant fractures occur in over 10% of geriatric PFF patients and worsen clinical outcomes, particularly VTE risk, transfusion needs, and mobility; rib fractures are a high-risk subgroup requiring specific clinical attention.
Older adults in long-term care (LTC) facilities are at high risk for fragility fractures due to bone loss, impaired mobility, cognitive decline and polypharmacy. Such fractures increase morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. This prospective study evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervent...
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