Mortality After Low-Energy Fractures in Patients Aged at Least 45 Years Old

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 396-403

  Shortt, Nicholas L ^a   Robinson, C Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low energy fracture; Mortality; Proximal femur; Proximal humerus; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LOW ENERGY FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; WRIST FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 25444525754     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000155311.04886.7e     Document Type: Article

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