Reduce the mortality due to femur fractures via an integrated approach to the comorbidity;Mortaliteit door femurfracturen verlagen door geïntegreerde aanpak van comorbiditeit

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 150, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 2586-2587

  Bulstra, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845300540     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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