Delay to surgery and mortality after hip fracture

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 889-891

  Rae, Hamish C ^a,b   Harris, Ian A ^a   McEvoy, Lynnette ^a   Todorova, Teodora ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fracture; Hip; Mortality; Proximal femur

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548443469     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04267.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Australian Institute Health and Welfare. Separation, patient day and average length of stay statistics by principal diagnosis in ICD-10-AM, Australia, 1998-99 to 2004-05. AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database. Available from : http://www.aihw.gov.au/cognos/cgi-bin/ppdscgi?DC=Q&E=/ahs/ principaldiagnosis9899-0405
2. Chipchase LS, McCaul K, Hearn TC. Hip fracture rates in South Australia: into the next century. ANZ J. Surg. 2000 70 : 117 9.
3. Zuckerman JD. Current concepts: hip fracture. N. Engl. J. Med. 1996 334 : 1519 25.
4. Rogers FB, Shackford SR, Keller MS. Early fixation reduces morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures from low-impact falls. J. Trauma 1995 39 : 261 5.
5. Zuckerman JD, Skovron ML, Aharonoff G, Frankel VH. Postoperative complications and mortality associated with operative delay in older patients who have a fracture of the hip. J. Bone Joint Surg. Br. 1995 77 : 1551 6.
6. Orosz GM, Magaziner J, Hannan EL et al. Association of timing of surgery for hip fracture and patient outcomes. JAMA 2004 291 : 1738 43.
7. Moran CG, Wenn RT, Sikand M, Taylor AM. Early mortality after hip fracture: is delay before surgery important? J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 2005 87 : 483 9.
8. Orosz GM, Hannan EL, Magaziner J et al. Hip fracture in the older patient: reasons for delay in hospitalization and timing of surgical repair. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2002 50 : 1336 40.
9. American Society of Anesthesiologists. New classification of physical status. Anesthesiology 1963 24 : 111.
10. Siegmeth AW, Gurusamy K, Parker MJ. Delay to surgery prolongs hospital stay in patients with fractures of the proximal femur. J. Bone Joint Surg. Br. 2005 87 : 1123 6.
11. Richmond J, Aharonoff GB, Zuckerman JD, Koval KJ. Mortality risk after hip fracture. J. Orthop. Trauma 2003 17 : 53 6.
12. Clague JE, Craddock E, Andrew G, Horan MA, Pendleton N. Predictors of outcome following hip fracture. Admission time predicts length of stay and in-hospital mortality. Injury 2002 33 : 1 6.
13. Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Swiontkowski MF et al. Internal fixation compared with arthroplasty for displaced fractures of the femoral neck: a meta-analysis. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 2003 85 : 1673 81.