Excess risk of venous thromboembolism in hip fracture patients and the prognostic impact of comorbidity.

Alma Becic PedersenV EhrensteinS K SzépligetiH T Sørensen

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2017)

Hip fracture patients were at increased excess risk of VTE up to 1 year following their fracture. During the first year, interaction between hip fracture and comorbidity was observed among patients with severe and very severe comorbidity.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
venous thromboembolism
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation