Risk Factors for Poor Outcome, Mortality Following Hip Fracture Identified
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“This is the first study to postulate predictors of morbidity and mortality following hip fracture using a national model,” according to Philip J. Belmont Jr, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and colleagues. “While many co-morbidities appear to be infl uential in predicting outcome, some of the more significant factors include the presence of shock, obesity, diabetes and time to surgery.”.....
“This is the first study to postulate predictors of morbidity and mortality following hip fracture using a national model,” according to Philip J. Belmont Jr, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and colleagues. “While many co-morbidities appear to be infl uential in predicting outcome, some of the more significant factors include the presence of shock, obesity, diabetes and time to surgery.”.....
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