Time to death in a prospective cohort of 252 patients treated for fracture of the proximal femur in a major hospital in Portugal

• Autores principales: Sónia Campos (Autor), Sandra Maria Ferreira Alves (Autor), Marilia Sá Carvalho (Autor), Nuno Neves (Autor), Abel Trigo-Cabral (Autor), Maria Fátima Pina (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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The objectives were to analyze one-year survival and mortality predictors in patients with fracture of the proximal femur (low/moderate trauma). A prospective cohort was formed by inviting all patients hospitalized in the Orthopedic Ward of the second largest hospital in Portugal (May 2008-April 200...