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A succession of clinical trials is upending the field

The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty.

Statistical hypothesis tests and p values are poorly understood by many students of statistics. Poor application and misinterpretation of statistical inference procedures are common in published rese...

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To develop a series of consensus statements regarding the operative and non-operative management of hip fracture patients.

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The ACCORD materials - including the reporting guideline and this explanation and elaboration document - can be used by anyone reporting a consensus exercise used in the context of health research. As a reporting guideline, ACCORD helps researchers to be transparent about the materials, resources (b …

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NHFS can be used to stratify the risk of 1 yr mortality after hip fracture surgery.

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Hip fracture is the most common reason for older patients to need emergency anaesthesia and surgery. Up to one-third of patients die in the year after hip fracture, but this view of outcome may encourage therapeutic nihilism in peri-operative decisions and discussions. We used a multicentre national …

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Hip fractures are associated with significant healthcare costs. In frail institutionalized patients, the costs of nonoperative management are less than operative management with comparable short-term ...

The decision whether to surgically repair a hip fracture in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia can be challenging. To compare outcomes, including survival, among NH residents with adva...

Nonoperative management of frail elderly patients with a hip fracture is associated with a poor prognosis. Heterogenous study cohorts and limited outcomes were reported. Current literature shows a lack of evidence of the true prognosis of nonoperative management of frail elderly patient with a hip f …