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 of death in hospital. Bottle and Aylin (p 947) used inpatient hospital episode statistics to assess 129 522 admissions for fractured neck of femur across 151 trusts in England. After adjusting for comorbidity, they found that the odds of dying in hospital after a delay of more than one day relative to one day or less was 1.27 (95% CI 1.23 to 1.32). Emergency readmission within 28 days of discharge was not associated with delayed operations. The extent of delays varied widely between trusts.
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