Oldest old hip fracture patients: centenarians as the lowest complexity patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Centenarians showed the lowest comorbidity and complexity. Readmissions before 1 year, mortality rates at discharge, 30-day and 1-year follow-up were not significantly different, but 1-year survival analysis showed that patients are dying as they are ageing. PMID: 31975287 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31975287?dopt=Abstract

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - January 22, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Blanco JF, da Casa C, Sánchez de Vega R, Hierro-Estévez MA, González-Ramírez A, Pablos-Hernández C Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

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