'Straight to bed' for hip-fracture patients: A prospective observational cohort study of two fast-track systems in 415 hips

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2126-2131

  Eriksson, Martin ^a   Kelly Pettersson, Paula ^a   Stark, André ^a   Ekman, Anna K ^a   Sköldenberg, Olof ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fast track; Fracture of the hip; Time to surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868201527     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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