Unrecognised septic arthritis following fracture of the proximal femur in patients awaiting surgery

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 457-459

  Hearth, M ^a   Compson, J P ^a   Phillips, S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEART FAILURE; HIP INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0036298835     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00027-X     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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3. Urinary tract infection in patients with hip fractures
4. Prediction of survival in patients with femoral neck fractures