1968
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-196850070-00003
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Fractures about the Hip in an Institutionalized Patient Population

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“…Ceder et al 12 reported a 15 per cent mortality rate at one year for the hip fracture patients who came from their own homes versus 45 per cent for patients institutionalized at the time of their hip fractures. Niemann and Mankin 10 found in a review of an institutionalized population with hip fractures that 36 per cent had died within six weeks of fracture. Sherk et al 13 tried to evaluate whether operative intervention added to the survival of institutionalized patients.…”
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“…Ceder et al 12 reported a 15 per cent mortality rate at one year for the hip fracture patients who came from their own homes versus 45 per cent for patients institutionalized at the time of their hip fractures. Niemann and Mankin 10 found in a review of an institutionalized population with hip fractures that 36 per cent had died within six weeks of fracture. Sherk et al 13 tried to evaluate whether operative intervention added to the survival of institutionalized patients.…”
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“…The costs of their treatment amounts to one billion dollars 2 . The problems associated with fractures about the hip have been the subject of many studies 3–10 . An ever‐increasing number of hip fracture patients will be residents of nursing homes.…”
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“…Die postoperative Morbidita Èt und Letalita Èt nach Schenkelhalsfrakturen wird von einigen Autoren als von der Versorgungsart unabha Èngig beschrieben [15,16]. Je nach Literaturstelle wird eine postoperative Letalita Èt von 7±15 % angegeben [17,18].…”
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“…Niemann berichtet fiber 42% postoperative Infektionen. Auch andere Autoren, wie Lunt (19%), Arnold (16%), Hunter (8%) geben eine sehr hohe Infektionsrate an [2,9,16,19]. Sie ist einerseits durch die grol3e Zahl von Risikofaktoren ffir das Entstehen einer Infektion, die in diesem Krankengut vorliegen, andererseits durch die Implantation des Fremdmaterials zu erklfiren [3][4][5]17].…”
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“…Anhand [2,9,16,19]. Generelle AB-Prophylaxe wird von verschiedenen Autoren wegen der Gefahr der Selektionierung von Keimen bei Wahleingriffen abgelehnt, da hier die Infektionsrate unter 3 % liegt [5].…”
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