Do hip fractures need to be repaired within 24 hours of injury?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Whinney, Christopher M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; INSULIN; THALLIUM;

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 15944383809     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.72.3.250     Document Type: Article

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