A new future for hip fracture care – orthogeriatrician lead in an ‘Acute’ Hip Unit
Abhaya Gupta and William Havelock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-591
Clin Med December 2014 Abhaya Gupta
AGlangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, UK
Roles: consultant geriatrician
William Havelock
BUniversity Hospital, Cardiff, UK
Roles: consultant orthogeriatrician
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vol. 14 no. 6 591-596
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- Published online December 2, 2014.
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© 2014 Royal College of Physicians
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- Address for correspondence: Dr A Gupta, Glangwili Hospital, 6 Yddol Bronwydd Road, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 2AZ, UK. Email: guptaabhaya{at}hotmail.com
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A new future for hip fracture care – orthogeriatrician lead in an ‘Acute’ Hip Unit
Abhaya Gupta, William Havelock
Clinical Medicine Dec 2014, 14 (6) 591-596; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-591
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- Benefits of geriatrician-led perioperative medical management
- Preoperative optimisation to enable early surgery
- Postoperative complications: early identification and management
- Other specialist roles of the orthogeriatrician working with hip fracture patients
- UK national standards approach
- First Acute Hip Unit in Wales
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