Are albumin and total lymphocyte count significant and reliable predictors of mortality in fractured neck of femur patients?

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1193-1196

  Kumar, Vishwajeet ^a   Alva, Avinash ^a   Akkena, Sudheer ^a   Jones, Morgan ^a   Murphy, Philip N ^b   Clough, Tim ^a  

^a Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin; Fractured neck of femur; Mortality; Total lymphocyte count

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; BLOOD; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84933518528     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-013-1299-6     Document Type: Article

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