Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays?: A retrospective study of 38,020 patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hip fractures are associated with high mortality, but the cause of this is still not entirely clear. We investigated the effect of surgical delay, weekends, holidays, and time of day admission on mortality in hip fracture patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using data from the Da...

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Autores principales: Daugaard, Cecilie Laubjerg, Jørgensen, Henrik L, Riis, Troels, Lauritzen, Jes B, Duus, Benn R, van Mark, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2012
Materias:
Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140106
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.747926

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140106
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.747926

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