Profile of Patients with Dementia or Cognitive Impairment Hospitalized with a Proximal Femur Fracture Requiring Surgery

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ID15480759
AuthorsClaudia Casafont (0000-0002-3183-5989, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), María Josefa González García (0000-0002-5969-2086, Care Quality and Information Systems Unit, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain), Ana Marañón-Echeverría (Universidad de Navarra), José Luis Cobo-Sánchez (0000-0003-3695-9216, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital), María Mercedes Bravo (0000-0002-6472-8362, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital), María Bravo (0000-0003-2194-3756, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital), Mercè Piazuelo (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), ADELAIDA ZABALEGUI (0000-0003-1205-3997, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue5
Pages2799-2799
Publication date2022-02-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19052799
PMID35270492
OpenAlexW4214533581
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

Hospitalization after hip surgery for elderly people with dementia or cognitive impairment negatively impacted their global health outcomes such as malnutrition and the development of pressure ulcers, falls, functional impairment and the use of physical restraints and pain management challenges. Hospitals should implement policy-makers' strategic dementia care plans to improve their outcomes

Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Dementia · Disease · Femur · Hip fracture · Malnutrition · Orthopedic surgery · Osteoporosis · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Severe dementia · Traumatology · Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes · Hip and Femur Fractures · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Surgery

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