Hip fracture surgery: Improving the quality of the evidence base

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 97-B, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 875-879

  Fernandez, M A ^a   Griffin, X L ^a,b   Costa, M L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP FRACTURES; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84937597147     PISSN: 20494394     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.97B7.35996     Document Type: Article

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