Decreased mortality in patients with fragility fracture of a fracture liaison service coordinated by Chile's first nurse practitioner.

Background: Fragility fractures have significant sequelae, including pain, loss of mobility, and increased risk of mortality. Fracture liaison services (FLS) represent a coordinated, interdisciplinary approach to secondary prevention and reduce mortality.

Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness and patient outcomes regarding readmission and mortality of a newly developed, nurse practitioner (NP) coordinated FLS in Chile.

[Implementation of a fracture liaison service. Experience with 177 patients].

Background: Every year about 9 million fragility fractures (FF) occur worldwide and 80% of these are underdiagnosed or undertreated. Aiming to close the gap of diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) were developed.

Aim: To describe the implementation of the first FLS in Chile, its inclusion criteria, patient enrolment, treatment adherence and referrals during the first year.