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Preventable mortality in geriatric hip fracture inpatients

There is a high rate of mortality in elderly patients who sustain a fracture of the hip. We aimed to determine the rate of preventable mortality and errors during the management of these patients. A 12 month prospective study was performed on patients aged > 65 years who had sustained a fracture...

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Autores principales: Tarrant, S. M., Hardy, B. M., Byth, P. L., Brown, T. L., Attia, J., Balogh, Z. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2014
Materias:
Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4327126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.96B9.32814

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