Medical management in the acute hip fracture patient: A comprehensive review for the internist

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-110

  Bateman, Laura ^a   Vuppala, Srinivas ^a   Porada, Patricia ^a   Carter, William ^a,b   Baijnath, Charitraheen ^a   Burman, Kabeer ^a   Lee, Ryan ^a   Hargus, Jodie ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fracture; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ANEMIA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNIST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84862750917     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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