Hip fracture: Surgical decisions that affect medical management

Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Lichtblau, Sheldon ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home for the Aged ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; BLEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034009195     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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