Hip Fractures in the Elderly: Predictors of One Year Mortality

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 162-165

  Aharonoff, Gina B ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Skovron, Mary Louise ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031114409     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199704000-00004     Document Type: Article

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