Spontaneous fractures in nursing home residents

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 427-429

  Wong, T C ^a   Wu, W C ^b   Cheng, H S ^c   Cheng, Y C ^a   Yam, S K ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Femoral fractures; Fractures, spontaneous; Nursing homes; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE FRAGILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38849152351     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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