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Hip fractures and dementia: clinical decisions for the future

Severe dementia is a life-limiting condition; hip fractures are more common in patients who have dementia. This study outlines the case of a 92-year-old female with severe dementia who sustained a hip fracture. Despite having a terminal diagnosis (severe dementia and hip fracture) and poor premorbid...

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Autores principales: Waran, Eswaran, William, Leeroy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4758228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw001