Medicine

Risk factors for in-hospital mortality following hip fracture.

J. Sanz-Reig, J. Marín, J. Alba, J. F. Martínez, D. Beltrán, J. M. López

2017.7.1Revista Espanola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia

DOI: 10.1016/j.recot.2017.03.003

tlooto Summary

Preoperative patient-related factors have a strong relationship with in-hospital mortality in a hip fracture patients aged older than 65 years; these factors are non-modifiable; the development of protocols to reduce in- hospital mortality in this group of patients are recommended.

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SANZ-REIG, J., et al. Risk factors for in-hospital mortality following hip fracture. Revista Espanola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia, 2017, 61 4: 209–215.