Treatment choice affects inpatient adverse events and mortality in older aged inpatients with an isolated fracture of the proximal humerus

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 800-806

  Neuhaus, Valentin ^a   Bot, Arjan G J ^a   Swellengrebel, Christiaan H J ^a   Jain, Nitin B ^a,b,c   Warner, Jon J P ^a   Ring, David C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Comorbidity; Complication; Open reduction and internal fixation; Operation; Proximal humerus fracture; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFUSION;

ARTHROPLASTY; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION; OPERATION; PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900554512     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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