Misdiagnosis of occult hip fracture is more likely in patients with poor mobility and cognitive impairment

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Hossain, Munier ^a,b   Akbar, Syed A ^a   Andrew, Glynne ^a,b  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ysbyly Gwynedd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Occult hip fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABLED PERSON; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABLED PERSONS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954609247     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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