Beware of Hip Fractures in the Elderly [Response to Letter]

Affiliations

• ¹ Geriatrics Department, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• ² Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• ³ Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁴ Geriatrics Department, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
• ⁵ La Paz Institute for Health Research - IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁶ European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁷ Biostatistics Unit, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, IDIPHISA, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁸ Geriatrics Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• ⁹ Geriatrics Department, Fundación Alcorcón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• ¹⁰ Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry, Madrid, Spain.