The Role of Smoking and Body Mass Index in Mortality Risk Assessment for Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients

Background Smoking, obesity, and being below a healthy body weight are known to increase all-cause mortality rates and are considered modifiable risk factors. The purpose of this study is to assess whether adding these risk factors to a validated geriatric inpatient mortality risk tool will improve...

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Autores principales: Meltzer-Bruhn, Ariana T, Esper, Garrett W, Herbosa, Christopher G, Ganta, Abhishek, Egol, Kenneth A, Konda, Sanjit R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9357434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949773
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26666

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9357434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949773
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26666

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