Alejandro Sanz Paris, Ana Artero, Rosa Burgos Peláez, Jose Manuel García Almeida, Pilar Matía Martín, Samara Palma Milla, Ana Zugasti Murillo, José Joaquín Alfaro Martínez, Alfonso Calañas Continente, M ª Jesús Chinchetru, Katherine García Malpartida, Ángela González-Díaz Faes, Víctor González-Sánchez, María Laínez López, Antonio Jesús Martínez Ortega, Juana Oliva Roldán, José Pablo Suárez Llanos, Clara Serrano-Moreno
The yearly incidence of hip fracture is very high, which generates significant healthcare and socioeconomic burden. These fractures can occur at any age, but the vast majority occur in people over 65 years of age and predominantly in women, due to the increased risk of menopause-associated osteoporosis. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), apart from altering glucose, lipid and protein metabolisms, also causes a deregulation of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium and dysfunction in bone metabolism. The prevalence of malnutrition in patients with hip fracture is also high, due to their advanced age, and the acute injury itself provokes catabolic and inflammatory responses that result in disease-related malnutrition and sarcopenia, which aggravates the patient's clinical condition...
December 21, 2022: Nutrición Hospitalaria: Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral