ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the considerations specifically encountered in this patient population and focuses on three main areas: High-quality fragility fracture care. High-quality secondary prevention of fragility fractures. Fragility fractures pose challenges both to our healthcare system and to society. Its exacerbations fragility fractures are major and rapidly increasing causes of acute morbidity. The T-score is calculated as: Around one-fourth of fragility fractures affect the hip. Direct medical costs of fragility fractures to the UK healthcare economy will potentially reach 2.2 billion by 2020, with most costs relating to hip fracture care. However, the general principles relating to perioperative management are applicable to all fragility fractures. Experienced anaesthetists and orthogeriatric physicians should work together to ensure that preoperative assessment and optimization do delay surgery. The apparent incidence of thromboembolism depends on how intensively it is sought. Effective patient management following fragility fractures requires a multidisciplinary approach.
