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Barriers compromise hospitalists' consultations with hip fracture patients.
2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barriers compromise hospitalists' consultations with hip fracture patients.
"The objective of this study was to determine if hospitalist consultation during admission for hip fracture results in improved treatment for osteoporosis. This was a retrospective chart review, carried out in a university-based academic hospital. Administrative discharge data was used to identify patients discharged between 1 September 1999 and 1 September 2001, discharged with the diagnosis of hip fracture," described researchers in the United States.
"Eighty-two patient charts were reviewed after exclusion for traumatic and pathologic fractures. Treatment for osteoporosis consisted of medications recommended by the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), including calcium ([+ or -]vitamin D), estrogen, raloxifene, calcitonin, alendronate and risedronate," wrote C.M. Jachna and colleagues, University of Kansas, School of Medicine.
"Osteoporosis treatment improvement was defined as the addition of a medication for osteoporosis that strengthened treatment. Twenty-nine percent of patients in our study received treatment for osteoporosis at the time of discharge from the hospitalization for hip fracture. While 20% received calcium, only 7% received a bisphosphonate. Twelve percent received improvement in osteoporosis treatment from admission to discharge."
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