Risk of Mortality in Individuals with Hip Fracture and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jennifer S AlbrechtGulam Al KibriaAnn Gruber-BaldiniJay Magaziner

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)

TBI was associated with greater risk of mortality in individuals with hip fracture. Practitioners should consider evaluating for presence of TBI in this vulnerable population. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:124-127, 2019.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
traumatic brain injury
cardiovascular events
severe traumatic brain injury
risk factors
primary care
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes