"Fast tracking" patients with a proximal femoral fracture

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-110

  Ryan, John ^a,b   Ghani, Mahboud ^a   Staniforth, Paul ^a   Bryant, Geoffrey ^a   Edwards, Sue ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Fast track admission; Proximal femoral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029920703     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.2.108     Document Type: Article

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