Tag: Fractures

Cancer survivors who received chemotherapy more likely to have fracture; link stronger within five years of diagnosis

10 percent povidone-iodine and aqueous 4 percent chlorhexidine gluconate demonstrated similar efficacy in preventing infection after surgical fixation of open fractures

Only a small minority of patients with skull fractures were wearing helmets

Highest incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events seen in those with incident fragility fracture

Collaborative hip fracture care improves continuity of care with the hospital team

Adding CXCL9 to a prognostic model including age, other risk factors improved AUC for predicting hip fractures in men

Risk increased for vegetarians, but not occasional meat eaters or pescatarians, compared with regular meat eaters

Among adults not selected for vitamin D deficiency, low bone mass, or osteoporosis, no effect seen on total, nonvertebral, or hip fracture risk

Older adults in most versus least resilient group had increases in mean gait speed and walking distance after 16 weeks

Systematic review and meta-analysis shows comparable diagnostic performance for artificial intelligence, clinicians in fracture detection