Admission Norton scale scores (ANSS) are associated with post-operative complications following spine fracture surgery in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-180

  Sever, Ronen ^a   Gold, Aviram ^a   Segal, Ortal ^a   Regev, Gilad ^a   Keynan, Ory ^a   Salai, Moshe ^a   Justo, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Norton scale; Post operative complications; Pressure ulcers; Spine fracture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADMISSION NORTON SCALE SCORE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SPINE FRACTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84861190875     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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