Analysis of intensive care unit admissions for older adults with femoral fractures: a retrospective cohort
Carolina Rodrigues Mendes Nogueira Cobra,
Paulo Carlos Garcia,
Isadora Castilho Moreira de Oliveira Passos
et al.
Abstract:Objectives:
To describe the historical series of admissions to the Intensive Care Unit of older adults with femoral fractures, and verify the association between age and injury characteristics and treatment, nursing workload, severity, and clinical evolution in the unit.
Method:
Retrospective cohort of 295 older adults (age ≥60 years) admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in São Paulo, between 2013 and 2019, and who presented with a femur fracture as the mai… Show more
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