Nontreatment of Hip Fractures in Senile Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 1977, Pages 1175-1176

  Lyon, Leonard J ^a   Nevins, Michael A ^a  

^a Bergen Pines County Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; FAILURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BED REST; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES; HIP INJURIES; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0017651647     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03280120067019     Document Type: Article

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