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Low Total Protein Increases Injury Risk in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Mühlberg Wolfgang,
Weidemann Gerhard,
Stedtfeld HansWerner,
Sieber Cornel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.05202001_6.x
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , malnutrition , creatinine , blood urea nitrogen , univariate analysis , hypoproteinemia , emergency medicine , pediatrics , multivariate analysis , psychiatry
To the Editor: The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is withdrawing the abstract (A31) of Paper Presentation, ‘‘Fondaparinux is superior to enoxaparin for venous thromboembolism prevention in major orthopedic surgery irrespective of patient characteristics,’’ presented at its 2003 Annual Scientific Meeting by Turpie AG, Bauer KA, Eriksson BI et al. A synopsis of the same abstract was also published in J Am Geriatr Soc 2003; 51(suppl 4):S37. This abstract is being withdrawn after a review by the AGS Research and Executive Committees identified violations of AGS submission guidelines. The results reported in this presentation were not original, previously unpublished, research. In addition, the authors were not directly involved with the conduct of the research that was presented.