Tag: Fractures
Strong Opioids No Better for Pain After Surgery for Fracture
No difference seen in Numerical Pain Rating Scale mean pain score for patients receiving strong versus mild opioids
Increasing Dairy Intake Can Cut Falls, Fractures for Seniors
Intervention to increase calcium and protein intake using dairy foods beneficial for institutionalized older adults
Oxcarbazepine Tied to Nontrauma Fracture in Children Aged 4 to 13 With Epilepsy
Initiating oxcarbazepine, but not levetiracetam, linked to increased incidence rate ratio for nontrauma fracture
Fracture Risk With Cerebral Palsy Differs From General Population
Middle-aged men with cerebral palsy are five times more likely to suffer fractures than men without cerebral palsy
Majority of Pediatric Spinal Fractures Occur in Teens
Almost two-thirds of pediatric spinal fractures in the U.S. occur in patients aged 15 to 17 years, most often due to motor vehicle accidents
AI Can Detect Scaphoid Fractures on Conventional Radiographs
No significant difference in AUC seen for detecting scaphoid fractures with convolutional neural network versus 11 radiologists
Any Initial Bone Fracture Ups Risk for More Fractures in Older Women
All types of initial bone fractures associated with increased risk for subsequent fractures among postmenopausal women
Erythropoietin May Up Risk for Hip Fracture in Hemodialysis Patients
Risk for hip fracture increased with EPO doses of 50 to 149, 150 to 299, and ≥300 versus <50 units/kg/week
Vertebral Fracture, AAC Score Predict Osteoporotic Fracture in Men
For older men, prediction model performance improved with both risk factors compared with only AAC or only prevalent vertebral fractures
Bone Density Testing Low in Veterans With Kidney Stone Disease
23.6 percent of those with kidney stone disease have prevalent diagnosis of osteoporosis or fracture
