Delaying operation after hip fracture increases death rate

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-a

BMJ 2006;332 (22 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-a

Delaying operation after hip fracture increases death rate

Delay in operating after hip fracture increases the risk ofdeath in hospital. Bottle and Aylin (p 947) used inpatient hospitalepisode statistics to assess 129 522 admissions for fracturedneck of femur across 151 trusts in England. After adjustingfor comorbidity, they found that the odds of dying in hospitalafter a delay of more than one day relative to one day or lesswas 1.27 (95% CI 1.23 to 1.32). Emergency readmission within28 days of discharge was not associated with delayed operations.The extent of delays varied widely between trusts.

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Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study: Alex Bottle and Paul Aylin
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