Clinical Frailty Scale is a good predictor of mortality after proximal femur fracture <subtitle>A cohort study of 30-day and one-year mortality</subtitle>
Aims A proximal femur fracture (PFF) is a common orthopaedic presentation, with an incidence of over 25,000 cases reported in the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) in 2018. Hip fractures are known to have high mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
2020-08-01
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Series: | Bone & Joint Open |
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Online Access: | https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/10.1302/2633-1462.18.BJO-2020-0089.R1 |