Mortality in Hip Fracture Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Analysis in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Introduction Hip fracture is commonly seen in elderly patients because of low-energy trauma. It carries significant morbidity and mortality. Scoring systems such as the Nottingham hip fracture score (NHFS) have shown a good correlation with increased mortality as the value of these scores increases.

Multiple-Breath Washout Outcome Measures in Adults with Bronchiectasis.

Lung clearance index (LCI) has good intravisit repeatability with better sensitivity in detecting lung disease on computed tomography scan compared with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV) in adults with bronchiectasis. Alternative multiple-breath washout parameters have not been systematically studied in bronchiectasis. To determine the validity, repeatability, sensitivity, specificity, and feasibility of standard LCI (LCI), shortened LCI (LCI), ventilation heterogeneity arising within proximal conducting airways (SVT), and ventilation heterogeneity arising within the acinar airways (SVT) in a cross-sectional observational cohort of adults with bronchiectasis.