Characteristics of patients with hip fractures and comorbid fall-related injuries in the emergency department.

Ryo Ishizawa Nobuto NakanishiLiu KeibunTomohiro SonooKensuke NakamuraTadahiro Goto

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2022)

A total of 6% of patients diagnosed with hip fracture had other fall-related injuries. The most frequent were upper limb injury and head injury. Our findings underscore the importance of whole-body assessment in patients with fall-related hip fracture in the emergency department.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
emergency department
upper limb
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