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  • 1
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    The effect of short-term calcitonin administration on biochemical bone markers in patients with acute immobilization following hip fracture (1993)
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    Osteoporosis international 3 (1993), S. 337-340 
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    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Hip fracture ; Immobilization ; Osteoporosis ; Salmon calcitonin ; Urinary calcium ; Urinary hydroxyproline
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of salmon calcitonin on changes in mineral metabolism was studied in 40 elderly patients with recent hip fracture. All patients underwent surgery (internal fixation) 1 week after admission and were randomly divided into two equal groups: group A, which received no treatment, and group B, which received 100 IU/day salmon calcitonin intramuscularly for 2 weeks starting on admission. Blood and 24-h urine parameters of mineral metabolism were measured on admission and at the end of weeks 1 and 2. No intra- or intergroup changes in serum calcium, phosphorus or alkaline phosphatase were observed. At the end of week 2 biochemical markers of bone resorption (urinary calcium and hydroxyproline) had significantly increased in group A and significantly decreased in group B, indicating a reduction in bone resorption in group B. Urinary phosphorus had also increased in group B, possibly due to the phosphaturic effect of calcitonin. It is concluded that immobilization resulting from a hip fracture, and possibly surgery itself, causes significant changes in biochemical markers of bone resorption. Calcitonin successfully reverses these changes and may also be effective in preventing subsequent bone loss, particularly in patients who cannot be remobilized immediately.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01637320
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    The variable incidence of hip fracture in Southern Europe: The MEDOS study (1994)
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    Osteoporosis international 4 (1994), S. 253-263 
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    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Doubling time ; Excess female morbidity ; Gonadal function ; Hip fracture ; Incidence
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We assessed the incidence of hip fracture and ecological correlates in residents of 14 communities in six countries of Southern Europe. Hip fracture cases were recorded prospectively in defined catchment areas over a 1-year interval. A retrospective questionnaire was used to assess ecological differences between communities. During a 1-year period of observation a total of 3629 men and women over the age of 50 years were identified with hip fracture from a catchment of 3 million. In all communities the fracture rate increased exponentially with age. There were large and significant differences between centres in the doubling time for hip fracture risk with age and in crude and age-standardized rates. Greater than 4-fold and 13-fold differences in age-standardized risk were found amongst men and women respectively. The lowest rates were observed from Turkey and the highest from Seville, Crete and Porto. Fractures were significantly more frequent among women than men with the exception of three rural Turkish centres. Indeed, in rural Turkey the normal female/male ratio was reserved. Variations in incidence between regions were greater than the differences within centres between sexes, and there was a close and significant correlation between incidence rates for men and those for women in the regions studied. Excess female morbidity increased progressively from the age of 50 years but attained a plateau after the age of 80 years, suggesting a finite duration of the effect of the menopause. The retrospective questionnaire completed by 80% of cases suggested that differences in incidence between the communities studied could not be explained by differences in gonadal status in women. In both men and women cross-cultural associations were found with factors related to age or socioeconomic prosperity, the majority of which disappeared after adjustment for age. We conclude that there are marked and sizeable differences in the incidence rates of hip fracture throughout Southern Europe. The reasons for these differences are not known but affect both men and women, and are likely to be related to lifestyle or genetic factors rather than to differences in endocrine status.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01623349
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    Neutrophil functions in patients with fractures of the upper end of the femur (1993)
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    Calcified tissue international 52 (1993), S. 415-418 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Neutrophils ; Peritrochanteric fractures ; Host defense ; Orthopedic surgery
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary In the present study, neutrophil functions were examinedin vitro in 40 patients suffering from fractures of the upper end of the femur (trochanteric and subcapital). Adherence to nylon, serum chemotaxis, and phagocytosis-bactericidal function were assayed. Three microbial strains, namely,Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, andPseudomonas aeruginosa, were used for the experiments. Adherence of the patients' neutrophils was found normal. On the contrary, the chemotactic ability of the patients' sera was inferior to that of healthy controls; phagocytosis and bactericidal function were also significantly impaired for all three bacterial strains. The results were independent of fracture site (intracapsular or extracapsular), sex, and age. The observed host defense disorders provide additional information that helps to explain the increased susceptibility of these patients to bacterial infections.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00571328
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