Society guideline links: Hip fracture in adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Hip and groin pain" and "Society guideline links: General fracture and stress fracture management in adults" and "Society guideline links: Total hip arthroplasty".)

International

●International Collaboration of Orthopaedic Nursing (ICON): Best practice nursing care standards for older adults with fragility hip fracture (2019)

United States

●American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the management of hip fractures in older adults (2021)

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guideline for the physical therapy management of older adults with hip fracture (2021)

●Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST): A practice management guideline on elderly adults with isolated hip fractures – Orthogeriatric care versus standard care (2020)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute hip pain – Suspected fracture (revised 2018)

●AAOS: Evidence-based clinical practice for the management of hip fractures in the elderly (2014)

Europe

●European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES): Recommendations on hip fractures (2015)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on hip fracture − Management (2011, updated 2023)

●NICE: Quality standard on hip fracture in adults (2012, updated 2023)

●Association of Anaesthetists: Guideline for the management of hip fractures 2020 (published 2021)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR): Australian and New Zealand guideline for hip fracture care (2014)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA)/Japanese Society for Fracture Repair (JSFR): Femoral neck/trochanteric fracture clinical practice guidelines, revised 3rd edition (2021)