Hip fractures in the elderly without osteoporosis

Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls

ARTICLE

Argyris Costa Hadjimichael¹ 

[1] 3rd Orthopaedic Department, KAT Hospital

关键词: Hip fractures;    Bone Mineral Density;    Falls;    Osteoporosis;   

DOI  :  10.22540/JFSF-03-008

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Hylonome Publications

【 摘 要 】

In clinical practice, hip fracture is a very common reason for hospital admission in the elderly. Most subjects over the age of 65 years, experience an injury at the hip mostly after a fall. Many elderly persons suffer from osteoporosis, which is characterised by loss of bone mass and deterioration of bone microarchitecture thus increasing the susceptibility to fracture. Osteoporosis is defined by WHO as a Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of 2.5 standard deviations (SD) below that of a young adult as assessed by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). It has been shown that some patients with a hip fracture have either normal or “osteopenic” hips as defined by DXA (-2.5

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