The management of elderly patients with femoral fractures. A randomised controlled trial of early intervention versus standard care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 515-518

  Swanson, Cheryl E ^a   Day, Gregory A ^a   Yelland, Catherine E ^b   Broome, Josiane R ^b   Massey, Lorraine ^b   Richardson, Helen R ^b   Dimitri, Karel ^b   Marsh, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032538949     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb123397.x     Document Type: Article

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