Medical care of elderly patients with hip fractures

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-298

  Huddleston, Jeanne M ^a   Whitford, Kevin J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CEFAZOLIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0035098024     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.3.295     Document Type: Review

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