Closed pelvic fractures: Characteristics and outcomes in older patients admitted to medical and geriatric wards

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 900, 2000, Pages 646-650

  Morris, R O ^a   Sonibare, A ^b   Green, D J ^a   Masud, T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fractures; Pelvis; Singh index

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033789962     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.900.646     Document Type: Article

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