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Hip Fragility Fractures: Anaemia, Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation, Iqra Khan, Ambreen Jawaid, Khabir Ahmad, Shahryar Noordin
Hip Fragility Fractures: Anaemia, Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation, Iqra Khan, Ambreen Jawaid, Khabir Ahmad, Shahryar Noordin
Department of Family Medicine
Objective: To assess the burden of anaemia and osteoporosis in hip fracture patients, to determine the rate of blood transfusion per-operatively, to assess the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements and the use of anti-osteoporotic medications postoperatively.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University and Hospital (AKUH) between June 2009 and May 2011, and comprised record of patients treated for intertrochanteric and femur neck fractures. Patients with associated pathological, open or long bone fractures were excluded. The main study outcome measures were the use of pre-operative and post-operative calcium, vitamin D, bisphosphonates and management of anaemia …