Title |
Co-morbidities in elderly patients with hip fracture: recommendations of the ISFR-IOF hip fracture outcomes working group
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Published in |
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1007/s00402-013-1756-z |
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Authors |
Amy Hoang-Kim, Jason W. Busse, D. Groll, P. J. Karanicolas, E. Schemitsch |
Abstract |
Hip fractures are the second leading cause of hospitalization in the aged and by 2041, epidemiologists forecast an increase in economic cost to $2.4 billion. The hip patient population often presents with comorbidities causing these patients to receive less aggressive medical treatment and have a low quality of life. We believe that physical function is a patient-important outcome for many medical and surgical interventions. The functional co-morbidity index (FCI), unlike prior co-morbidity indices, was developed with physical function as an outcome instead of being designed for administrative purposes or to predict mortality. Our objective was to evaluate the perceptions of practitioners in hip fracture care about the impact of comorbidities on physical function as primary outcome. |
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