Clinical and subclinical arteriosclerotic disease in octagenarians with hip fracture. A case-control study.

Background And Objectives: Evaluate clinical and subclinical arteriosclerotic disease in older patients with hip fracture compared with patients without fracture in order to increase knowledge about the relation between both diseases in older individuals.

Patients And Methods: Age- and sex-matched case-control study of octogenarians with and without recent hip fracture. Vascular risk factors, subclinical vascular diseases (assessed by carotid plaques, carotid intima media thickness and arterial stiffness) as well as cardiovascular diseases were analyzed.

Predictive factors of osteoporotic hip fracture in octogenarians.

Objective: This study aims to identify the risk factors associated with osteoporotic hip fractures in octogenarians and seeks to refine primary prevention strategies for these fractures.

Material And Methods: We conducted a case-control study involving individuals aged 79 years and older with hip fractures, comparing them to age- and sex-matched controls without a history of hip fractures. We collected epidemiological, clinical, anthropometric, and analytical factors.

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: A diagnostic challenge in the 21 century.

Vertebral fractures are the most prevalent osteoporotic fractures and are paradoxically the most underdiagnosed. While only one-third of patients have acute pain, they can present other associated chronic complications. Vertrebal fractures are associated with the onset of new fractures, both vertebral and nonvertebral.

[Comparison of surgical techniques for rotator cuff injury: cost-result].

Introduction: Currently, to manage rotator cuff injury (RCI), there is a tendency to replace mini-open (MO) surgery with arthroscopy, but results and costs are controversial.

Objective: To analyze the cost-result of surgical techniques for RCI.

Material And Methods: A partial economic evaluation of cost-result type was performed on 113 patients with RCI surgically operated by mini-open technique (n = 6), or arthroscopy (n = 91), or both (n = 16).

Gastric ulcers with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2.

A new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified earlier this year and spread rapidly globally. The clinical manifestations that it produces have gradually become known and the typical clinical picture is respiratory. Although gastrointestinal symptoms have been described in several communications, information on endoscopic findings in these patients is practically zero.

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: A diagnostic challenge in the 21 century.

Vertebral fractures are the most prevalent osteoporotic fractures and are paradoxically the most underdiagnosed. While only one-third of patients have acute pain, they can present other associated chronic complications. Vertrebal fractures are associated with the onset of new fractures, both vertebral and nonvertebral.

Localised granulomatosis with polyangiitis in an older patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

New onset of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) occurring in patients previously diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is very uncommon. In older individuals, this condition is associated with high mortality, especially in those with renal involvement. We describe the first case of GPA in a patient older than 65 years diagnosed with RA without exposure to biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, presenting with pulmonary nodules due to a limited form of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-negative GPA.

[What do we know about atypical fractures in patients on biphosphonates treatment? A literature review using a case series].

Aim: Retrospective review of long term biphosphonates treated patients who sustained a subtrochanteric or diaphyseal femoral fracture with an atypical pattern. A literature review is presented as an update of the topic.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 13 subtrochanteric or diaphyseal fractures in female patients treated with biphosphonates at our institution from September 2007 to March 2011.

Prevalence of sarcopenia in healthy community-dwelling elderly in an urban area of Barcelona (Spain).

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia in a cohort of healthy community-dwelling elderly in an urban area in Barcelona (Spain) for native benchmarks and compare them with those published in other geographical areas.

Material And Methods: We prospectively evaluated a series of 200 healthy elderly in the community with preserved functional capacity and absence of cognitive impairment. We performed a comprehensive geriatric assessment and determined anthropometric data, muscle mass (MM) and the muscle mass index (MMI).