Treatment of hip fractures in the elderly - The decision process

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 250-260

  Lichtblau, Sheldon ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fractures; Hip fractures; Treatment options

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0036724772     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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