The burden of previous fractures in hip fracture patients. The break study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-186

  Maggi, Stefania ^a   Siviero, Paola ^a   Gonnelli, Stefano ^b   Caffarelli, Carla ^b   Gandolini, Giorgio ^c   Cisari, Carlo ^d   Rossini, Maurizio ^e   Iolascon, Giovanni ^f   Mauro, Giulia Letizia ^g   Nuti, Ranuccio ^b   Crepaldi, Gaetano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^d General Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Multiple fractures; Profile of care

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; STRONTIUM RANELATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

EID: 80055093705     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324958     Document Type: Article

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