Postoperative Physical Therapy to Prevent Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Patients Over 80 Years Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery—A Quasi-experimental Study

BACKGROUND: Hip fracture requiring surgical fixation is a common condition with high mortality and morbidity in the geriatric population. The patients are usually frail, and vulnerable to postoperative complications and delayed recovery. Few studies have investigated physical therapy methods to prev...

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Autores principales: Ståhl, Anna, Westerdahl, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33061332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S257127

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33061332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S257127

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