 Hip Fractures
"Hip Fractures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Fractures of the FEMUR HEAD; the FEMUR NECK; (FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES); the trochanters; or the inter- or subtrochanteric region. Excludes fractures of the acetabulum and fractures of the femoral shaft below the subtrochanteric region (FEMORAL FRACTURES).
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D006620
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.061.425 C26.531.750 C26.558.276.425
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hip Fractures" by people in Profiles.
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Bentler SE, Liu L, Obrizan M, Cook EA, Wright KB, Geweke JF, Chrischilles EA, Pavlik CE, Wallace RB, Ohsfeldt RL, Jones MP, Rosenthal GE, Wolinsky FD. The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 15; 170(10):1290-9.
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Wolinsky FD, Bentler SE, Liu L, Obrizan M, Cook EA, Wright KB, Geweke JF, Chrischilles EA, Pavlik CE, Ohsfeldt RL, Jones MP, Richardson KK, Rosenthal GE, Wallace RB. Recent hospitalization and the risk of hip fracture among older Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Feb; 64(2):249-55.
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Petrella RJ, Jones TJ. Do patients receive recommended treatment of osteoporosis following hip fracture in primary care? BMC Fam Pract. 2006 May 09; 7:31.
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