In-hospital mortality risk for femoral neck fractures among patients receiving medicare

Orthopedics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e593-e596

  Erickson, Brandon J ^a   Nwachukwu, Benedict U ^b   Kiriakopoulos, Emmanouil ^c   Frank, Rachel M ^a   Levine, Brett ^a   Villarroel, Leonardo ^d   McCormick, Frank M ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937703923     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: 19382367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20150701-57     Document Type: Article

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