Fracture Journal Articles

Potassium Supplementation After Loop Diuretics Are Stopped Older adults are often prescribed potassium supplements during or after loop diuretic initiation, but it may be unnecessary.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 31, 2023
Visceral Adipose Tissue is Negatively Associated With BMC A study that looked at the relationship between visceral adipose tissue and bone mineral density found a negative effect of adiposity on bone health.
Journal of the Endocrine Society, March 30, 2023
Facial Reconstruction With Radial Forearm-Fascia Lata Flaps This case describes the reconstructive application of composite bilateral radial forearm-fascia lata flaps in a patient with facial trauma due to a firework injury.
ePlasty, March 23, 2023
Violence in the Great Recession Does research show a link between the Great Recession and an increase in violent events?
American Journal of Epidemiology, March 20, 2023
Long-term Side Effects After Zoledronic Acid Infusion This case highlights the potential of severe, life-threatening side-effects following a single intravenous zoledronic acid infusion.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 17, 2023
Dorsal Augmentation: A Review of Current Graft Options This review looks at the current graft and implant options for dorsal augmentation in rhinoplasty.
ePlasty, March 09, 2023
Fracture Risk in Older Adults Initiating Suvorexant vs. Z-drugs This study found that new users of suvorexant demonstrated a comparable risk of hip fracture or all-cause fracture as compared to new users of the Z-drug hypnotics eszopiclone, zolpidem, or zopiclone.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 01, 2023
Improving the Laboratory Evaluation of Monoclonal Gammopathies The authors developed a targeted clinical decision support alert to address oversights in ordering practices for the initial laboratory evaluation of monoclonal gammopathies.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, February 21, 2023
Stability of Vitamin D Status and Its Association With BMD Might variations in vitamin D status affect bone mineral density over time? A new study examines the potential impacts.
Journal of the Endocrine Society, February 21, 2023
Surgery vs Nonoperative Treatment of Elderly Spine Fractures When it comes to managing elderly patients with unstable spinal fractures, which treatment modality should be considered?
Spine, February 06, 2023
Actions of Older Adults for Avoiding Injury During Falls How do older adults attempt to protect themselves while falling, and what strategy offers the best protection?
Age and Ageing, January 19, 2023
Validating the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification This classification system has been validated by an international group of experts for the classification of upper cervical spine injuries.
Spine, January 16, 2023
NPWT for Complex Surgical Wounds in 59 Patients Learn how NPWT was successfully used in the management of complex surgical wounds.
ePlasty, January 13, 2023
No Delay in Care of Orthopedic Fractures During COVID-19 In this study, no significant difference was noted in time to ambulatory orthopedic fracture care compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Current Orthopaedic Practice, January 12, 2023
Lack of Bone Mineral Density Testing in Hypogonadal Men Despite the known risk for osteoporosis, only a small percentage of hypogonadal men undergo bone mineral density testing. What accounts for the oversight?
Journal of the Endocrine Society, January 10, 2023
Spinal Cord Injury: Incidence, Prevalence, and Disability Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study provide insight into the incidence, prevalence, and burden of spinal cord injuries.
Spine, January 02, 2023
Cognitive Functional Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Is cognitive functional therapy an effective alternative to core training exercise and manual therapy for relieving pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain?
Pain, December 28, 2022
Severity of Menopausal Symptoms, CVD, and All-cause Mortality This study found that among postmenopausal women with no known cardiovascular disease, the severity of individual menopausal symptoms was significantly associated with incident CVD and mortality.
Menopause, December 20, 2022
Engagement of Older Adults in Fall Injury Prevention Studies show that fall prevention interventions in clinical practice have been less effective than expected. How can clinicians better engage older adults in fall prevention care plans?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 19, 2022
Temporal Trends in Deep SSIs After Six Orthopedic Procedures A new study looks at the trends in postoperative deep surgical site infections for certain orthopedic procedures. Have there been any changes in infection rates?
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, December 16, 2022

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