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Hip fracture patients admitted to hospital on weekends are not at increased risk of 30-day mortality as compared with weekdays
BACKGROUND: Hip fractures remain a major health concern owing to the increasing elderly population and their association with significant morbidity and mortality. The effects of weekend admission on mortality have been studied since the late 1970s. Despite most studies showing that mortality rates a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7710845/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10195-020-00558-4 |