Opening of an Acute Orthogeriatric Unit in a general hospital;Implantación de una Unidad de Ortogeriatría de Agudos en un hospital de segundo nivel

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-29

  Bielza Galindo, Rafael ^a   Ortiz Espada, Alejandro ^a   Arias Muñana, Estefanía ^a   Velasco Guzmán de Lázaro, Rocío ^a   Mora Casado, Asunción ^a   Moreno Martín, Ricardo ^a   Tapia Salinas, Blanca ^a   Escalera Alonso, Javier ^a   Gómez Cerezo, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional efficiency; Hip fracture; Hospital stay; Orthogeriatric Unit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ORTHOGERIATRIC UNIT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRICIAN; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84873079365     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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