Economic viability of geriatric hip fracture centers

RC Clement, J Ahn, S Mehta, J Bernstein - Orthopedics, 2013 - journals.healio.com
Management of geriatric hip fractures in a protocol-driven center can improve outcomes and
reduce costs. Nonetheless, this approach has not spread as broadly as the effectiveness …

Detektion und Prävention des postoperativen Delirs

FM Radtke - 2013 - refubium.fu-berlin.de
Sowohl im Aufwachraum als auch auf der Intensivstation und peripheren Station stellt das
postoperative Delir eine der häufigsten psychiatrischen Erkrankungen dar. Der Beginn …

Restoring: a grounded theory of recovery

DJ Healee - 2013 - openrepository.aut.ac.nz
In this thesis, the theory of restoring is presented. Restoring explains how older adults
recover following a health event such as hip fracture. Understanding how the older age …

Investigating the associations between oral colonisation with respiratory commensal pathogens, oral hygiene and hospital acquired pneumonia in older patients with …

V Ewan - 2013 - theses.ncl.ac.uk
Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) occurs in 1% of all hospital in-patients, and in around
10% of patients with lower limb fracture, with a mortality of 18-43%. HAP arises from …