Morbidity and mortality among patients with hip fractures surgically repaired within and after 48 hours

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-513

  Sircar, Padmini ^a   Godkar, Darshan ^a   Mahgerefteh, Shmuel ^a   Chambers, Karinn ^a   Niranjan, Selva ^a   Cucco, Robert ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hip surgery; Postoperative morbidity; Postoperative mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349024696     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pap.0000249906.08602.a6     Document Type: Article

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