Medium-term mortality after hip fractures and COVID-19: A prospective multi-centre UK study

Medium-term mortality after hip fractures and COVID-19: A prospective multi-centre UK study

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 1.4 million deaths globally and is associated with a 3–4 times increase in 30-day mortality after a fragility hip fracture with concurrent COVID-19 infection. Typically, death from COVID-19 infection occurs between 15 and 22 days after the onset of symptoms,...

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Main Authors: Gareth Chan, Ashish Narang, Arash Aframian, Zaid Ali, Joseph Bridgeman, Alastair Carr, Laura Chapman, Henry Goodier, Catrin Morgan, Chang Park, Sarah Sexton, Kapil Sugand, Thomas Walton, Michael Wilson, Ajay Belgaumkar, Kieran Gallagher, Koushik Ghosh, Charles Gibbons, Joshua Jacob, Andrew Keightley, Zuhair Nawaz, Khaled Sarraf, Christopher Wakeling, William Kieffer, Benedict Rogers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Subjects:
Hip fractures
Femoral fractures
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Mortality
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127521001802

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