Sentence examples for mortality for hip from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, the 1-year mortality for hip fractures is roughly 20%% [4, 5].

Excess mortality for hip and clinical vertebral fractures was assumed for the first and subsequent year [ 51].

Mortality for hip fracture in hospitalized patients is between 5 and 8%, and jumps to 20-30% during the first year [ 11]; only one third of survivors recover their pre-fracture condition.

Furthermore, we modeled excess mortality for all fracture types (except wrist) and assumed fracture excess mortality beyond the second year after a fracture, whereas Hilligsmann et al. considered excess mortality only for hip and vertebral fractures in the first two years after fracture.

In summary, minimization of surgical delay is the most important factor in reducing the mortality rate for hip fracture.

We therefore assessed whether mortality rates for hip fractures have improved over the past 50 years, based on the best available evidence from the literature.

It is unlikely that our results were biased by patient characteristics, in showing an improvement in mortality for intertrochanteric hip fractures over time or lack of such improvement for femoral neck fractures.

The lack of a geriatric rehabilitation center in the Satakunta area may be one explanation for the high mortality of hip fracture patients of our report.

The risk for mortality following hip fracture is higher for men compared to women.

The association between walking distance and mortality was essentially similar for hip and knee replacements (data not shown) and in the 3 age groups.

The mortality risk reduction found for hip fractures promptly operated after admission, inconsistently reported by others [ 36, 37], is of interest, although it could be due to better overall conditions of patients eligible for prompt intervention.