"Hip Fractures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fractures of the FEMUR HEAD; the FEMUR NECK; (FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES); the trochanters; or the inter- or subtrochanteric region. Excludes fractures of the acetabulum and fractures of the femoral shaft below the subtrochanteric region (FEMORAL FRACTURES).
| Descriptor ID |
D006620
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.061.425 C26.531.750 C26.558.276.425
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hip Fractures" by people in Profiles.
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The healthcare system costs of hip fracture care in South Africa. Osteoporos Int. 2023 Apr; 34(4):803-813.
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Osteoporosis in Africa-where are we now. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Sep; 40(9):3419-3428.
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Ethnic and gender-specific incidence rates for hip fractures in South Africa: A multi-centre study. Bone. 2020 04; 133:115253.
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Osteoporotic hip fractures in Black South Africans: a regional study. Arch Osteoporos. 2017 Dec 05; 12(1):107.
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Emergency department echocardiography for preoperative patients at high risk of underlying cardiac disease. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun; 72(6):1724-5; author reply 1725.
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Outcomes of patients with do-not-resuscitate orders. Toward an understanding of what do-not-resuscitate orders mean and how they affect patients. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Oct 23; 155(19):2063-8.
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Epidemiology of do-not-resuscitate orders. Disparity by age, diagnosis, gender, race, and functional impairment. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Oct 23; 155(19):2056-62.