Septic arthritis significantly increased the long-term mortality in geriatric patients

BACKGROUND: The elderly are predisposed to septic arthritis (SA) because of the aging nature and increasing comorbidities. SA may in turn increase the long-term mortality in the geriatric patients; however, it remains unclear. We conducted this prospective nationwide population-based cohort study to...

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Autores principales: Wu, Chia-Jung, Huang, Chien-Cheng, Weng, Shih-Feng, Chen, Ping-Jen, Hsu, Chien-Chin, Wang, Jhi-Joung, Guo, How-Ran, Lin, Hung-Jung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0561-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0561-x

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