Admission Norton scale scores (ANSS) and postoperative complications following hip fracture surgery in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Gold, Aviram ^a   Sever, Ronen ^a   Lerman, Yaffa ^a   Salai, Moshe ^a   Justo, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Norton scale; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADMISSION NORTON SCALE SCORE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

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

EID: 84861194180     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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