Hip fracture in elderly and COVID-19 infection. Report of 3 cases. / Fractura de cadera en el anciano e infección por COVID-19. Descripción de 3 casos.
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed)
; 68(2): 99-102, 2021 Feb.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-997460
ABSTRACT
Since its first description in china in January 2020, COVID-19 pandemia outbreak has affected health organization and conventional care in all settings as wards, intensive care and surgery. Hip fracture patients usually are older and have a lot of comorbidities. This type of patientes benefit from early surgery. However, surgery in COVID-19 patients with active infection is associate with bad outcomes and mortality. We present three patients with COVID infection undergoing hip fracture surgery. Surgery was performed tree weeks after admission. Despite have risk factor (old age, arterial hypertension, elevated inflammatory parameters) the outcome was good and were discharged from hospital without events.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Hip Fractures
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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