The effects of time-to-surgery on mortality and morbidity in patients following hip fracture

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 702-709

  Grimes, Julia P ^a   Gregory, Patrice M ^a   Noveck, Helaine ^a   Butler, Mark S ^a   Carson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP INJURY; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037096723     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01119-1     Document Type: Article

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