Differences in mortality after fracture of hip: The East Anglian audit

BMJ

Volumn 310, Issue 6984, 1995, Pages 904-

  Todd, C J ^a   Freeman, C J ^b   Camilleri Ferrante, C ^b   Palmer, C R ^a   Hyder, A ^b   Laxton, C E ^b   Parker, M J ^c   Payne, B V ^d   Rushton, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Association of Directors of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^c PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTICOAGULANTS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028899055     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6984.904     Document Type: Article

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