Temporal Trends in the Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Hip Fracture in Older Patients Initiating Dialysis in the United States | Zendy

S. Nair | Zendy; Aya Mitani | Zendy; Benjamin A. Goldstein | Zendy; Glenn M. Chertow | Zendy; David W. Lowenberg | Zendy; Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer­ | Zendy

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Temporal Trends in the Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Hip Fracture in Older Patients Initiating Dialysis in the United States

Author(s) -

S. Nair,

Aya Mitani,

Benjamin A. Goldstein,

Glenn M. Chertow,

David W. Lowenberg,

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.10901012

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , hip fracture , dialysis , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , pediatrics , osteoporosis , physics , optics

Patients with ESRD experience a fivefold higher incidence of hip fracture than the age- and sex-matched general population. Despite multiple changes in the treatment of CKD mineral bone disorder, little is known about long-term trends in hip fracture incidence, treatment patterns, and outcomes in patients on dialysis.

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