Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays?: A retrospective study of 38,020 patients

Cecilie Laubjerg Daugaard; Henrik L Jørgensen; Troels Riis; Jes B Lauritzen; Benn R Duus; Susanne van der Mark

doi:10.3109/17453674.2012.747926

Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays? A retrospective study of 38,020 patients

Cecilie Laubjerg Daugaard
, Henrik L Jørgensen
, Troels Riis
, Jes B Lauritzen
, Benn R Duus
, Susanne van der Mark

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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Abstract

Hip fractures are associated with high mortality, but the cause of this is still not entirely clear. We investigated the effect of surgical delay, weekends, holidays, and time of day admission on mortality in hip fracture patients.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Orthopaedica
Volume	83
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	609-13
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1745-3674
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.747926
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Cause of Death
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Denmark
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal
Geriatric Assessment
Hip Fractures
Holidays
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Length of Stay
Logistic Models
Male
Odds Ratio
Patient Admission
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Safety Management
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Survival Analysis
Time Factors

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Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays? A retrospective study of 38,020 patients. / Daugaard, Cecilie Laubjerg; Jørgensen, Henrik L; Riis, Troels et al.
In: Acta Orthopaedica , Vol. 83, No. 6, 2012, p. 609-13.

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