Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence
- Written by Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, University of Melbourne
There are many reasons elderly people who fracture their hip often don't recover.from shutterstock.com
The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone would. That’s because a hip fracture dramatically increases an older person’s risk of death.
One in three adults aged 50...
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