title: [Hip fracture guidelines. A comparison of the main recommendations].
abstract: Hip fracture is the most severe complication of osteoporosis, and despite being a frequent health problem, there is a wide variability in both the health care provided to these patients and the results achieved after their treatment. Clinical guidelines are a tool that helps to reduce this variability. The authors of this review try to give a panoramic and comparative view of the key recommendations proposed by the main guidelines for the hospital care of hip fracture patients. Recommendations on the care in the acute phase are reviewed, particularly the initial hospital management, use of tools, preventive measures to avoid medical complications, surgery related aspects, treatment of usual clinical problems, and shared orthopaedic and geriatric care. Circulating and putting into practice the main recommendations will help to improve the health care provided to these patients and obtain better outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Geriatría, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, Spain. yadiracbm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yadira
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bardales Mas
authors.forename: Juan Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: González Montalvo
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abizanda Soler
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Alarcón Alarcón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic