Actividad ortogeriátrica en los hospitales públicos de Castilla y León: descripción y revisión de la literatura

Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry (SNHFR): a description of its objectives, methodology and implementation

“…As has occurred previously in Great Britain with the publication of the Blue Book shared by several scientific societies of professionals who care for patients with hip fracture (13), the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Geriatrics for the Elderly Affected by Hip Fracture was published in Spain in 2007 in collaboration with the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology and the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SEGG and SECOT; Spanish acronyms), as well as another CPG released in 2012 endorsed by the Spanish Association of Osteoporotic Fractures (SEFRAOS; Spanish acronym) (14,15). But there has been no follow-up regarding their implementation in Spanish hospitals, and the data available regarding clinical variability in the care of this process show large variability; for example, surgical delay, length of hospital stay, number of rehabilitation sessions, availability of referral to a functional recovery unit, number of physician follow-up visits or osteoporosis treatment rates, among other aspects (4,16,17).…”

“…In the community of Castilla y León, supported by the respective regional scientific societies of Geriatrics and Gerontology and of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, orthogeriatric collaboration was assessed in the care of patients with HF admitted to 14 public hospitals in 2013 (17); and subsequently, in 2014 and 2015, a temporary registry of hip fractures was developed for 2 months each year in the same hospitals. Currently, this registry has 776 cases; the main findings have recently been published (21).…”

Consecuencias en salud (mortalidad e institucionalización) de la fractura de cadera en la población anciana. Estudio de cohortes poblacional en Segovia

“…Existe abundante bibliografía sobre la cooperación entre traumatología y geriatría, y su influencia en el pronóstico a corto plazo 4 , concentrándose lo publicado en atención primaria más en la influencia de los psicofármacos y en el estado de nutrición 3 , 5 , que en las consecuencias sociosanitarias a medio y largo plazo (institucionalización y muerte) 6 , siendo la institucionalización un factor relacionado con la pérdida de autonomía y de calidad de vida tras la FC 7 , 8 .…”