Clinical Characteristics and Perioperative Complication Profiles of COVID-19-Positive Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery.

Anoop Raj GalivancheMichael R MercierChristopher A Schneble Jordan BrandNeil PathakArya G VarthiLee E RubinJonathan Newman Grauer

Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews (2021)

After matching and controlling for confounding variables, COVID-19-positive hip fracture patients had increased odds of multiple postoperative events. Clinicians caring for this vulnerable geriatric population should be mindful of this risk to improve the care for these patients during the ongoing global pandemic.

Keyphrases

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