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Establishing consensus on the definition of an isolated hip fracture for trauma system performance evaluation: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Risk-adjusted mortality is widely used to benchmark trauma center care. Patients presenting with isolated hip fractures (IHFs) are usually excluded from these evaluations. However, there is no standardized definition of an IHF. We aimed to evaluate whether there is consensus on the defin...

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Autores principales: Tiao, Judith, Moore, Lynne, Boutin, Amélie, Turgeon, Alexis F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114432
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.136867