Factors delaying surgical treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Charalambous, C P ^a   Yarwood, S ^a   Paschalides, C ^a   Siddique, I ^a   Hirst, P ^a   Paul, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hip fractures; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037346038     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321219911     Document Type: Article

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