ea0070aep194 | Bone and Calcium | ECE2020
Lima Ferreira Joana
, Teixeira e Silva Joana
, Simões de Carvalho Francisco
, de Brito Marques Francisca
, Paula Marques Ana
, Maria Príncipe Rosa
Introduction: Fragility fractures are the main consequence of osteoporosis. It results in increased morbidity and mortality. The incidence of fractures has been increasing steadily in Portugal. Hip fragility fractures have been estimated to occur in up to 572/100,000/year in women and up to 232/100,000/year in men.Methods: A retrospective study of hospitalized patients for femoral neck fracture in our institution in 2018 was performed to evaluate their p...