Importance of serum albumin level in the preoperative tests conducted in elderly patients with hip fracture

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 756-759

  Lee, Hsin Pai ^a   Chang, Yong Yuan ^b   Jean, Yen Hsuan ^a   Wang, Hsien Chung ^a  

^a PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Hip fracture; Preoperative test

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REIMBURSEMENT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 67349266837     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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