Incidence and related factors of hypoxia associated with elderly femoral neck fractures in the emergency department setting.
Takashi HongoHiromichi NaitoToshifumi FujiwaraMototaka InabaNoritomo FujisakiAtsunori NakaoPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2020)
We found that hypoxia, including undetermined hypoxia, was commonly encountered in the emergency department. Hypoxia in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures was associated with age, D-dimer, and transtricuspid pressure gradient and needs further investigation.