Early mortality after hip fracture: Is delay before surgery important?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 483-489

  Moran, Christopher G ^a   Wenn, Russell T ^a   Sikand, Manoj ^a   Taylor, Andrew M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 14644401801     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.01796     Document Type: Article

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