Increased 30-day mortality rate in patients admitted with hip fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

INTRODUCTION: Hip fractures are the most common traumatic injury in the UK’s elderly population. Patients are often extremely frail with multiple comorbidities and so are at high risk of death should they contract COVID-19. This study aims to quantify the effects of COVID-19 on patients presenting w...

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Autores principales: Barker, Thomas, Thompson, Joshua, Corbett, James, Johal, Sim, McNamara, Iain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8008328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33783567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01649-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8008328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33783567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01649-5

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