The role of smoking and body mass index in mortality risk assessment for geriatric hip fracture patients

Authors

Ariana T. Meltzer-Bruhn, New York University
Garrett W. Esper, New York University
Christopher G. Herbosa, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Abhishek Ganta, New York University
Kenneth A. Egol, New York University
Sanjit R. Konda, New York University

Journal

Cureus

Publication Date

7-1-2022

Volume

14

Issue

7

First Page

e26666

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.7759/cureus.26666

Rights and Permissions

Meltzer-Bruhn A T, Esper G W, Herbosa C G, et al. (July 08, 2022) The role of smoking and body mass index in mortality risk assessment for geriatric hip fracture patients. Cureus 14(7): e26666. DOI 10.7759/cureus.26666. © Copyright 2022 Meltzer-Bruhn et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Recommended Citation

Meltzer-Bruhn, Ariana T.; Esper, Garrett W.; Herbosa, Christopher G.; Ganta, Abhishek; Egol, Kenneth A.; and Konda, Sanjit R., "The role of smoking and body mass index in mortality risk assessment for geriatric hip fracture patients." Cureus. 14, 7. e26666 (2022).
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