How best to fix a broken hip

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 489-494

  March, Lynette M ^a,b   Chamberlain, Anne C ^b   Cameron, Ian D ^d   Cumming, Robert G ^d   Brnabic, Alan J M ^a   Finnegan, Terrence P ^b   Kurrle, Susan E ^a   Schwarz, Jennifer M ^b   Nade, Sydney M L ^d   Taylor, Tom K F ^c  

^a HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; NUTRITION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TRACTION THERAPY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033577716     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127852.x     Document Type: Article

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