hip fracture patients

collocation in English

meaningsofhip,fractureandpatient

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hip
adjective
uk
/hɪp/us
/hɪp/
fashionable:
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fracture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.tʃər/us
/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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patient
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
having ...
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(Definition ofhip,fractureandpatientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ninety-one hip fracture patients were screened: sixty were felt to be suitable for the study and 39 consented to inclusion in the trial.
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Exercise can in any case help to maintain function and can provide palliative benefits, particularly for vertebral fracture patients.
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Finding meaning after the fall : injury narratives from elderly hip fracture patients.
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A surgical delay of 3 days approximately doubled the mortality of hip fracture patients during the first postoperative year (13).
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Survival experience of aged hip fracture patients.
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In-hospital mortality rate for trochanteric hip fracture patients was estimated at 4 percent, which is quite similar to rates found in other studies (12;13;19;20).
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Standing balance in hip fracture patients.
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Hu et al. found that, for hip fracture patients at high risk for pressure ulcers, guideline implementation costs and current practice costs were nearly equal overall (36).
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In around 75% of hip fracture patients, recovery is incomplete and overall health deteriorates.
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Katzs first attempt at formally capturing this data was to study 64 hip fracture patients during an 18-month period.
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