Background and purpose—There is a large volume of heterogeneous studies across all
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) components within total hip and total knee …

Background & aims Age-related physiological changes predispose even the healthy older
adult to fluid and electrolyte abnormalities which can cause morbidity and mortality. The aim …

Fragility fractures are sentinels of osteoporosis, and as such all patients with low-trauma
fractures should be considered for further investigation for osteoporosis and, if confirmed …

Objectives To evaluate postoperative medical complications and the association between
these complications and mortality at 30 days and one year after surgery for hip fracture and …

This paper draws on two strands of research and practice in language studies, namely i)
studies of communication in health care encounters, and ii) studies of language corpora. It …

Background: survivors of hip fracture are at 5-to 10-fold risk of a second hip fracture. There is
little consensus about secondary prevention. Many are given calcium and vitamin D, but the …

Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem caused mainly by insufficient exposure to
sunlight. It is estimated that 1 billion people have vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency …

Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance is essential to healthy living as dehydration and
fluid overload are associated with morbidity and mortality. This review presents the current …

Objective To evaluate whether a service to prevent falls in the community would help reduce
the rate of falls in older people who call an emergency ambulance when they fall but are not …

Background: older adults are susceptible to dehydration due to age-related
pathophysiological changes. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of hyperosmolar …