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Do we need orthogeriatrics in Poland? Changes in the age structure and location of hip fractures

BACKGROUND: Patients with hip fractures present a great challenge for surgeons due to multimorbidity, polypharmacy as well as difficulty in communicating. These could be attributed to a recent trend in the aging patient population (80 years and older) as compared to the past. The aim of this study i...

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Autores principales: Wilk, Robert, Skrzypek, Michał, Kowalska, Małgorzata, Kusz, Damian, Koczy, Bogdan, Zagórski, Piotr, Pluskiewicz, Wojciech
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27600284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-016-0627-1