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COVID-19 Infection Increases Mortality and Complications in Patients With Neck of Femur Fracture

Hip fractures commonly occur in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities. Contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) when healing from hip fractures places the patients at a higher risk of respiratory compromise and death. This study aimed to compare the 30- and 90-day mortality rates of pa...

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Autores principales: Jagadeesh, Nuthan, Kapadi, Sachindra, Deva, Venkatesh, Channabasappa, Deepak, Shaw, Debbie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350493
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22264