Epidemiological and clinical study of hip fracture in hospitalized elderly patients in Shanghai, China
- 12 March 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Archives of Osteoporosis
- Vol. 14 (1), 37
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-019-0580-7
Abstract
In this study, we attempted to determine the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of hip fracture in the elderly. We find that elderly people with hip fracture have multiple comorbidities and suffer numerous complications.Keywords
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