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SUBMITTER: Jonsson MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099275 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jonsson M H MH Bentzer P P Turkiewicz A A Hommel A A
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 20180423 8
<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about accuracy of common risk prediction scores in elderly patients suffering from hip fractures. The objective of this study was to investigate accuracy of the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) score, Portsmouth-POSSUM (P-POSSUM) score and the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) for prediction of mortality and morbidity in this patient group.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a prospective single centre o ...[more]