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COVID-19 and Proximal Femur Fracture in Older Adults—A Lethal Combination? An Analysis of the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 can be a life-threatening illness, especially for older patients. The COVID-19 outbreak created a dramatic organizational challenge in treating infected patients requiring surgical treatment, like those suffering a proximal femur fracture, in a pandemic setting. We investigate t...

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Autores principales: Pass, Bastian, Vajna, Elvira, Knauf, Tom, Rascher, Katherine, Aigner, Rene, Eschbach, Daphne, Lendemans, Sven, Knobe, Matthias, Schoeneberg, Carsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8487770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.09.027