What is it about?
We synthesized the evidence from 56 articles that reported on 35 patient and 9 system factors of mortality post hip fracture. For 21 factors we found proposed biological mechanisms for their association with mortality which included complications, comorbidity, cardiorespiratory function, immune function, bone remodeling and glycemic control.
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Why is it important?
Several patient and health system factors were associated with the risk of death among patients with hip fracture. However, without knowledge of underlying mechanisms interventions to improve survival post hip fracture can only be designed on the basis of the found statistical associations.
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Professor Boris Sobolev
University of British Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Patient and system factors of mortality after hip fracture: a scoping review, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1018-7.
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