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Frailty is Associated with an Increased Risk of Major Adverse Outcomes in Elderly Patients Following Surgical Treatment of Hip Fracture

We intended to explore the effect of level of frailty on, and relationship with, 1-, 3-, and 6-month postoperative emergency department visits, readmissions, and mortality. This is a prospective multicenter observational cohort study design. Patients aged 50 years or older treated for hip fracture (...

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Autores principales: Chen, Chiu-Liang, Chen, Chun-Min, Wang, Chun-Yi, Ko, Po-Wei, Chen, Chung-Hwan, Hsieh, Chen-Pu, Chiu, Herng-Chia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31836751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55459-2