%0 Journal Article
%T Sala de Geriatr¨ªa para pacientes con afecciones traumatol¨®gicas y ortop¨¦dicas
%A Vega Ojeda
%A Arturo Pablo
%A Maestre M¨¢rquez
%A Hilario
%A Robaina Ruiz
%A L¨¢zaro
%J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a
%D 2004
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X the paper presents a statistical balance of 5 years of work carried out by the geriatric orthopedics service from 1997 (when it was created) to 2002 at "fructuoso rodr¨ªguez" teaching orthopedic hospital. it analyzes the most important achievements of this service such as highly qualified care to older patients; assistance personnel trained and updated in geriatrics courses; increase in the number of patients seen, extension of surgical services, 70% of patients with hip fractures were operated on within 24 hours, reduction in morbimortality rates of patients with hip fractures and better care provided to patients and their relatives.
%K geriatrization
%K hip fractures
%K mortality rate.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-215X2004000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en