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Is the number of previous hospitalizations associated with increased in-hospital mortality after hip fracture in a developing country?

PURPOSE: We aimed to examine whether the number of previous hospitalizations and the main diagnoses of those hospitalizations are associated with increased in-hospital hip fracture mortality for older people. That assessment is relevant because if those variables are shown to be associated with incr...

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Autores principales: de Morais, Helen Regina Mota Machareth, Vidal, Edison Iglesias de Oliveira, Coeli, Claudia Medina, Pinheiro, Rejane Sobrino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33035236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240229