Mortality and Readmissions After Cervical Fractures From Falls In Older Adults: A Comparison To Hip Fractures Using National Medicare Data

BACKGROUND: Cervical fractures from falls are a potentially lethal injury in older patients. Little is known about their epidemiology and outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of cervical spine fractures after falls among older Americans and show changes in recent years. Further, to compar...

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Publicado en:J Am Geriatr Soc
Main Authors: Cooper, Zara, Mitchell, Susan L., Lipsitz, Stuart, Ayanian, John Z., Bernacki, Rachelle E., Harris, Mitchel B., Jha, Ashish K.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801231/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26456855
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13670
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