April 15, 2010
Older Patients With Hip Fractures at Increased Risk for Heart Failure
Patients older than 75 years who need surgery to repair a hip fracture have a critically higher incidence of congestive heart failure and a significantly worse outcome than their counterparts without hip fractures, researchers reported here at Hospital Medicine 2010: Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Annual Meeting. Warning signs such as arrhythmia should be […]