Sections

• Preface to the Second Edition
• I. Background
  • 1. The Multidisciplinary Approach to Fragility Fractures Around the World: An Overview
  • 2. Epidemiology of Fragility Fractures and Social Impact
  • 3. Osteoporosis and Fragility in Elderly Patients
  • 4. Frailty and Sarcopenia
• II. Pillar I: Co-management in the Acute Episode
  • 5. Establishing an Orthogeriatric Service
  • 6. Pre-hospital Care and the Emergency Department
  • 7. Pre-operative Medical Assessment and Optimisation
  • 8. Orthogeriatric Anaesthesia
  • 9. Hip Fracture: The Choice of Surgery
  • 10. Proximal Humeral Fractures: The Choice of Treatment
  • 11. Post-operative Management
• III. Pillar II: Rehabilitation
  • 12. Rehabilitation Following Hip Fracture
  • 13. The Psychological Health of Patients and their Caregivers
• IV. Pillar III: Secondary Prevention
  • 14. Fracture Risk Assessment and How to Implement a Fracture Liaison Service
  • 15. Current and Emerging Treatment of Osteoporosis
  • 16. How Can We Prevent Falls?
• V. Cross-Cutting Issues
  • 17. Nursing in the Orthogeriatric Setting
  • 18. Nutritional Care of the Older Patient with Fragility Fracture: Opportunities for Systematised, Interdisciplinary Approaches Across Acute Care, Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Settings
  • 19. Fragility Fracture Audit