Incidence and causes of mortality following acute orthopaedic and trauma admissions

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-160

  Tan, H B ^a   Macdonald, D A ^a   Matthews, S J ^a   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mortality; Neck of femur; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2342550657     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588404323043256     Document Type: Article

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