Nutritional status as independent prognostic factor of outcome and mortality until five years after hip fracture: a comprehensive prospective study.
Pieter C DagnelieP C WillemsN R JørgensenPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2024)
As baselline nutritional status is a strong independent prognostic factor for clinical outcome after hip fracture, affecting even five-year survival, elderly health care should focus on prevention and identification of at-risk individuals already before hip fracture.