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Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors affecting walking recovery after hip fracture
Modifiable and non-modifiable predictors of mobility recovery were analyzed on a sample of 774 hip fracture patients according to pre-fracture abilities. Overall predictors were mostly non-modifiable factors r...
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Impact of multidisciplinary hip fracture program on timing of surgery in elderly patients
The effect of patient characteristics and organizational and system factors on time to surgery were studied using Emilia Romagna Region database and hospital survey. The results showed that the implementation ...
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Vitamin D supplementation is required to normalize serum level of 25OH-vitamin D in older adults: An observational study of 974 hip fracture inpatients
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in older adults in all continents. In this study we assessed the vitamin D status of hip fracture subjects across different hospitals ...
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Assessment of the 10-year risk of fracture in Italian postmenopausal women using FRAX®: A north Italian multicenter study
The aim of the study was to estimate the absolute risk of fracture in a sample of postmenopausal women with the Italian version of FRAX®, using femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) and 3 internationally val...
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Uses and misuses of statistics: The case of strontium ranelate and the number needed to treat
In the last 15 years, several pharmacological agents for the prevention of fractures have been developed and commercialized. Most of them showed to be effective in reducing fracture risk. The enhanced availabi...
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Hypovitaminosis D and secondary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly: risk factors for hip fracture or markers of frailty?
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High prevalence of secondary hyperparathyroidism due to hypovitaminosis D in hospitalized elderly with and without hip fracture
Objectives: To determine and compare the prevalence of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPTH) in a population of community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults hospitalized with and ...
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Calcitonin secretion rate in elderly normal subjects
The aim of the study was to investigate the metabolic clearance rate (MCR) and the secretion rate (SR) of calcitonin (CT) in elderly men and women (mean age ± SE: 75 ± 3 and 78 ± 3 yr, respectively). The basal...
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Osteocalcin levels in diabetic subjects
Because a series of reports suggests the existence of altered bone and mineral metabolism in diabetes mellitus, we studied 106 diabetic subjects (42 insulin-dependent (IDD) and 64 noninsulin dependent (NIDD)) ...
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Meal-stimulated gastrin release and calcitonin secretion
In order to study the effects of a physiologic meal on calcitonin (CT) secretion we studied 6 normal male volunteers (aged 28–34 yr). Each subject was given, on two separate days, either a mixed meal or 200 ml...
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Metergoline, naloxone, and sodium valproate did not modify arginine vasopressin response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in man
The present study was carried out in order to determine whether insulin-induced hypoglycemia exerts its stimulatory effect on plasma concentrations of arginine vasopressin (AVP) by interacting with a serotoner...
