Waiting for hip fracture repair - Do outcomes and patients suffer?;En attendant une chirurgie pour fracture de la hanche: Est-ce que les patients et leur évolution en pâtissent?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-139

  Bryson, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41349101762     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016086     Document Type: Editorial

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