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

Cristina Bermejo Boixareu,1,* Cristina Ojeda-Thies,2,* Ainhoa Guijarro Valtueña,3 Bernardo Abel Cedeño Veloz,4 María Gonzalo Lázaro,4 Laura Navarro Castellanos,5 Rocío Queipo Matas,5,6 Paloma Gómez Campelo,5 Ana Royuela Vicente,7 Juan Ignacio González-Montalvo,5,8 Pilar Sáez-López5,9,10 1Geriatrics Department, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; 2Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; 3Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; 4Geriatrics Department, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; 5La Paz Institute for Health Research - IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 6European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 7Biostatistics Unit, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, IDIPHISA, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain; 8Geriatrics Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; 9Geriatrics Department, Fundación Alcorcón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; 10Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry, Madrid, Spain*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Cristina Bermejo Boixareu, Head of Geriatrics Department, University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, 28224, Spain, Email Cristina_bermejo@hotmail.com