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Retrospective analysis of the 13-year trend in acute and elective surgery for patients aged 60 years and over at Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand

BACKGROUND: As the worldwide population has aged, the number of surgical procedures performed on older patients has increased. It is not known whether this increase has been proportional to growth in the elderly population. The aim of this study was to assess the population-adjusted incidence of acu...

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Autores principales: Deng, Carolyn, Mitchell, Simon, Paine, Sarah-Jane, Kerse, Ngaire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31649040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212283