The Influence of Renal Dialysis on All-Cause Mortality in Older Patients with Hip Fracture: a Korean Nationwide Cohort Study.

CONCLUSION: Elderly patients who underwent dialysis have very high mortality rates after hip fracture. Therefore, it is considered that postoperative care through multidisciplinary management and understanding of pathophysiology for the ESRD patients is necessary. PMID: 32567258 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32567258?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Korean Med Sci - June 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jang SY, Ha YC, Cha Y, Kim KJ, Choy W, Koo KH Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research