High short-term and long-term excess mortality in geriatric patients after hip fracture: a prospective cohort study in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Hip fracture has a high mortality rate, but the actual level of long-term excess mortality and its impact on population-wide mortality remains controversial. The present prospective study investigated short- and long-term excess mortality after hip fractures with adjustment of other risk...

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Autores principales: Hung, Li-Wei, Tseng, Wo-Jan, Huang, Guey-Shiun, Lin, Jinn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-151

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-151

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