The management of patients with hip fractures who are taking Clopidogrel

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-197

  Sim, Welkee ^a   Gonski, Peter N ^a  

^a SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Falls in older people; Hip fracture; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450273260     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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