Nonoperative management of hip fractures in very frail elderly patients may lead to a predictable short survival as part of advance care planning

Background and purpose — Surgical treatment is still the mainstay of care even in very frail elderly hip fracture patients. However, one may argue whether surgery is in the best interest of all patients. We elucidated mortality rates of nonoperative management (NOM) of a hip fracture after shared de...

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Autores principales: Wijnen, Hugo H, Schmitz, Peter P, Es-Safraouy, Houda, Roovers, Lian A, Taekema, Diana G, Van Susante, Job L C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34319206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1959155

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34319206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1959155

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