Evidence based case report Managing an elderly patient with a fractured femur

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7227, 2000, Pages 102-103

  Parker, Martyn J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BONE SCREW; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BONE SCREWS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034620173     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7227.102     Document Type: Article

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