Congratulations to the members of the FFN Hip Fracture Audit and the Secondary Prevention advisory groups on their consensus paper about the use of intravenous zoledronate after hip fracture. academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

🦴 IV zoledronate in the days just after #hipfracture should be 1st line treatment for osteoporosis 🌟 Consensus statement from UK & Ireland 🔗 academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

FFN European Regional Congress 10-12 October 2024, Istanbul ONE MONTH LEFT FOR EARLY BIRD REG. AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION! Benefit from the Early Bird Reg. fees until June 1st! ffn-rem-europe-2024.org/en/registratio… ffn-rem-europe-2024.org/en/abstract-su…

SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT 💡 Prof Opinder Sahota will be joining us at AAA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 in Nottingham this June. Register now to see his talk on Nutrition Hip Fracture emdevents.eventsair.com/age-anaesthesi…… #AAAConf #AAA #ASM #Nottingham

A new high protein ice cream is more accepted and preferred by older patients with a hip or spine fracture compared with standard milkshake oral nutritional supplement and presents as a promising alternative/option for improving dietary intake.  bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/12/Sup…

Thrilled our patients get to be a part of this.

This research is great news for our older patients Prof Opinder Sahota BMJ Open Quality

Join the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Symposium at the #EuGMS2024Congress❗ 🗓️September 18th ⌚15:20 CEST 🇬🇧 Prof Opinder Sahota, 🇳🇴 Frede Frihagen & 🇳🇴 Anette Hylen Ranhoff will be the three speakers. ➡️ eugms2024.com Aristea

Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Symposium @EUGMS2024 Pelvic fragility fractures: the overlooked osteoporotic fracture, with 60% presenting with co-existing sacral fractures. Require optimisation of pain, nutritional intake, and early mobilization. EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society @ahernemer AnnMarie Kilgannon

Here we go!✈️ Lots of discussions on Fragility Fracture from a multidisciplinary perspective this week in Istanbul (Not Constantinople). So excited😀 Frede Frihagen Katie Sheehan Kassim Javaid Xavier Griffin Prof Opinder Sahota Alasdair MacLullich Mary Walsh Andrew Hall 🦴🔨 ⚽️ 🏉 🩺 @TangeMorten et al.

Dr Esther Clift Louise Egan Nicola Lauchlan, MSc, MCSP, BSc(Hons) @NJCoxGeriDoc British Geriatrics Society We need Prof Opinder Sahota to franchise an ice cream break (like at the movies) in between meals

⚠️ 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 👍 𝗶𝘃 𝘇𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 👁️ 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 🔗 academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Sacroplasty for insufficiency fractures. Done only with local & epidural block (5 mL Lidocaine). No IV sedation/analgesia meds (comorbidities). Same day discharge. Significant pain relief on follow up.

🦴 "IV zoledronate is now considered as a firstline anti-osteoporosis treatment, particularly post-hip fracture" ❓ Do you routinely give IV zol in hip fracture patients in your service? 🔗 academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Performance of the Nottingham hip fracture score (NHFS) as a predictor of 30-day mortality after proximal femur fracture in an older people Brazilian cohort nature.com/articles/s4159… Paula Schmidt Azevedo-Gaiolla Prof Opinder Sahota

Next up, Prof Opinder Sahota on vertebral fractures - oft-neglected, common, and a source of an enormous amount of pain, misery, and hospital admissions #BGSconf

Prof Opinder Sahota #BGSconf British Geriatrics Society nearly 100k spinal fractures admitted to English hospitals over 3 years; Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) aiming to define standard of care globally consisting of pain management, improving physical functioning and falls + fracture prevention fragilityfracturenetwork.org/resources_list…

💫BSOA ASM 2025- 30th Anniversary Meeting. Talks from Kariem Iain Moppett Mariapaz Sebastian Athmaja Thottungal Prof Opinder Sahota 🐦REGISTER NOW FOR EARLY BIRD RATES 🐦 - emdevents.eventsair.com/bsoa-2025/regpg #BSOA2025 #Sheffield tim moll Anil Hormis

Thank you BBC Nottingham for raising the awareness of malnutrition in hospitals and the importance of high protein ice cream Nottingham University Hospitals NUH Medicine British Geriatrics Society Fragility Fracture Network (FFN)

Listen again - our researcher Prof Opinder Sahota speaks to BBC Nottingham about the benefits of our nutritious ice cream for older patients, N-ICE Cream. Nottingham University Hospitals bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…