Active clinical trials for "Hip Fractures"

The study will assess patients with at least one major AE related to treatment / hospitalization / immobilization in the Geriatric Fracture Center (GFC) group compared to the usual care group.

This small observational study is a contractual component of a 5-year (2013-18) NIHR funded programme called PERFECTED (Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery hip FracturE Care of paTiEnts with Dementia) whose overall aim is to develop and pilot an evidence-based intervention to improve the hospital care of patients with dementia suffering a fractured hip. The findings from this particular observational study will support other PERFECTED work-packages in establishing current care practices in acute hospital settings for older people in general with hip fractures. Observation is a well-established qualitative technique widely used to understand cultures, processes and interactions in defined locations including hospitals. In this study, researchers will observe day-to-day practices on specific ortho-geriatric wards and Emergency Departments in three English hospitals (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Bradford Royal Infirmary and Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham). Observations will occur intermittently over a 4-week period, covering the full 24h cycle. The prime objective of the study is to describe delivery of care to older patients with a hip fracture including an assessment of cost consequences. Crucially, the observations will focus exclusively upon the hospital personnel that routinely provide care in the designated locations being observed. Other individuals who frequent the locations (patients, visitors and other more peripheral health care professionals) are NOT the focus of the research and will be regarded as "incidental others" rather than "participants". This approach is common in observational research. Observations will be conducted by experienced qualitative researchers and assisted by specifically trained lay researchers to provide a valuable service-user dimension to the study. Field-notes and contextual information will be collected and thematically analysed, again in partnership with trained 'lay' researchers. Resulting data will address the pre-defined aims of the observational study and feed into the findings reported across the whole of work package 1 of PERFECTED.

The aim of this cohort study is to precisely measure patients' exposure to gonadal radiation during orthopaedic trauma surgery involving the acetabulum, pelvis, hip, and femur, and to apply these findings to a previously described and validated formula to determine the increased risk of future adverse health effects to the reproductive organs. The investigators null hypothesis is standard of care use of x-ray fluoroscopy during treatment of pelvis, hip, and femur fractures will not expose patients to a significant gonadal radiation load. Analysis of patients' intraoperative radiation doses by means of a previously validated formula will not display a significantly increased risk of adverse health events in the reproductive organs.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether crutch use for 4 weeks following hip arthroscopic surgery is superior to crutch use for 2 weeks following hip arthroscopic surgery. The primary objective of the study is to compare PRO scores between patients who have used crutches for 2 weeks and patients who have used crutches for 4 weeks.

A retrospective case-control study. To evaluate if early surgery within 24hours of troch or subtrochanteric hip fractures using intramedullary nailing is safe in patients on warfarin treatment after fast reversal of the warfarin effect

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of a postoperative educational intervention program on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with hip fracture using a controlled clinical trial in a randomized, multicenter study. A total of 224 patients will be recruited, 102 patients from trauma units at the two University Hospitals of the province of Cáceres will receive the educational program, whereas 122 will not. Patients will consecutively included in either an intervention or a control group. Patients from the intervention group reill eceive an educational program during admission and the postoperative period. Patients from the control group will not receive any educational program. These patients will manage according to routine protocols.

participants were randomly divided into three groups : group 30 , group 40 and group 50 . for all the three groups an ultrasound guided supra-inguinal fascia iliaca block had been performed. for group 30 ,a volume of 30 ml of 0,2 % ropivacaine had been injected for group 40 ,a volume of 40 ml of 0,2 % ropivacaine had been injected for group 50 ,a volume of 50 ml of 0,2 % ropivacaine had been injected

The purpose of this study is to assess whether all frail elderly admitted with hip fracture has a vitamin D deficiency, and if s-25(OH)D deficiency increases the risk of hip fracture in frail elderly. Frail elderly are defined as being 65 years of age or older, and living in nursing homes or senior housings. The investigators' hypotheses state that: Frail elderly with hip fractures will have a suboptimal level of vitamin D. Frail elderly with hip fractures are more likely to have a suboptimal level of vitamin D than frail elderly without any hip fractures during the last ten years.

Hip fractures are a danger to an individual's mobility, independence and ability to live in the community. When patients have a cognitive impairment (such as dementia or delirium) they do not recover as well or go back to their homes as often as those patients who do not have a cognitive impairment. Therefore, our team developed a rehabilitation model to care for patients with hip fractures, and specifically for those patients with CI. The model of care is called the Patient Centred Rehabilitation Model of Care (PCRM-CI). This 3 year study will focus on comparing the new model with usual rehabilitation care. This study will also focus on understanding the factors that could influence the use of the model on new rehabilitation units. The investigators hypothesize that patients who have received the new model of care will have better mobility outcomes over time. The investigators will collect data in 2 hospitals, 70 patients receiving the usual care and 70 patients receiving the care in the new model. The team will invite 60 staff and their unit managers as well. This study will help decision makers to use research findings to make better decisions about care of older Canadians.

The objective of the study is to identify biochemical predictors of morbidity and mortality in patients suffering from hip fracture. For this purpose blood samples are collected prehospitally or in the emergency department in patients with a suspected hip fracture. During the hospital stay medical history, anesthesiological management recorded. In addition, american society of anesthesiology physiological score (ASA), revised cardiac risk index (RCRI), and POSSUM score is calculated. Morbidity and mortality is recorded " in house", after 30 days, after 4 months and after 1 year. Biochemical predictors of outcome will be evaluated with logistic regression analysis. Biochemical predictors include pro-brain natriuretic peptide, lactate, pro-calcitonin, adrenomedullin, copeptin, cystatin c. The predictive value of the potential markers will be compared to that of ASA, RCRI and POSSUM.