Frailty as a predictor of hospital length of stay after elective total joint replacements in elderly patients

BACKGROUND: Total joint replacement procedures are increasing in number because of population aging and osteoarthritis development. Defined as a lack of physiological reserves and the inability to adequately respond to external stressors, frailty may be more common than expected in older patients wi...

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Autores principales: Wang, Han Ting, Fafard, Josée, Ahern, Stéphane, Vendittoli, Pascal-André, Hebert, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29338705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1935-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29338705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1935-8

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