Preventive strategy for the clinical treatment of hip fractures in the elderly during the COVID-19 outbreak: Wuhan's experience.
Aging (Albany NY)
; 12(9): 7619-7625, 2020 05 07.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-197510
ABSTRACT
Hip fractures in the elderly account for more than half of osteoporotic fractures and represent a substantial economic and social burden. Novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), which began to spread in December 2019, has created challenges in the management of elderly hip fracture patients, not only by influencing the choice of operation and postoperative rehabilitation methods, but also by generating new risks for the medical staff. During this period, our infection and orthopedic treatment unit in the center of the epidemic area effectively treated 82 elderly patients with hip fracture, and no cross-infection occurred. Therefore, our experience in prevention and treatment is worth recommending to frontline anti-epidemic personnel.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Cross Infection
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Hip Fractures
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Aging (Albany NY)
Journal subject:
Geriatrics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Aging.103201
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