A Case Series on Nutrition in Hip Fracture Patients: a Mismatch between Needs and Dietary Intake

Authors

Njalalle Baraza, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Eamon Ramhamadany, Alexandra Hospital, UK
Thomas Laios, Alexandra Hospital, UK

Document Type

Article

Department

General Surgery (East Africa)

Abstract

Hip fractures are common in the United Kingdom with an overall estimated annual incidence of 100 fractures per 10,000 of the population for males and 81 per 10,000 for females [1], and with an ageing population this figure is set to rise [2]. From recent estimates, this costs the British tax payer over £750,000,000 a year, with over half this amount spent in social care of the patients recovering from the fracture [3]. Elderly hip fracture patients often have co-morbidities and mortality in the first year can be as high as 33% [4].

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

MOJ Orthopedics & Rheumatology

Recommended Citation

Baraza, N., Ramhamadany, E., Laios, T. (2017). A Case Series on Nutrition in Hip Fracture Patients: a Mismatch between Needs and Dietary Intake. MOJ Orthopedics & Rheumatology, 7(6), 1-3.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_gen_surg/62