Background: While the benefits or otherwise of early hip fracture repair is a long-running controversy with studies showing contradictory results, this practice is being adopted as a quality indicator in several health care organizations. The aim of this study is to analyze the association between early hip fracture repair and in-hospital mortality in elderly people attending public hospitals in the Spanish National Health System and, additionally, to explore factors associated with the decision to perform early hip fracture repair. Methods: A cohort of 56,500 patients of 60-years-old and over, hospitalized for hip fracture during the period 2002 to 2005 in all the public hospitals in 8 Spanish regions, were followed up using administrative...
IntroductIon Hip fracture is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients wo...
Background: Guidelines for hip fracture care suggest that patients with hip fracture should undergo ...
Hip fractures are a major cause of hospital stay among the elderly, and result in increased disabili...
Background: Early surgery is recommended for elderly hip fracture patients, but some studies show no...
To estimate the effect of delay to surgery for hip fracture on 30-day mortality using a risk adjustm...
To assess the relationship between surgical delay and mortality in elderly patients with hip fractur...
Background: Hip fracture represents an important cause of quality of life worsening and mortality in...
Abstract We aimed to assess the impact of timing of surgery in elderly patients with acute hip fract...
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do...
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Recent guidelines recommend early surgical treatment of hip fract...
The relationship between surgical timing and hip fracture mortality is unknown in the context of dev...
OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk ...
OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk ...
Abstract Background Hip fractures are a major public health problem in elderly populations and are a...
Background: The clinical effect of surgical delay in older patients with hip fracture is controversi...
IntroductIon Hip fracture is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients wo...
Background: Guidelines for hip fracture care suggest that patients with hip fracture should undergo ...
Hip fractures are a major cause of hospital stay among the elderly, and result in increased disabili...
Background: Early surgery is recommended for elderly hip fracture patients, but some studies show no...
To estimate the effect of delay to surgery for hip fracture on 30-day mortality using a risk adjustm...
To assess the relationship between surgical delay and mortality in elderly patients with hip fractur...
Background: Hip fracture represents an important cause of quality of life worsening and mortality in...
Abstract We aimed to assess the impact of timing of surgery in elderly patients with acute hip fract...
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do...
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Recent guidelines recommend early surgical treatment of hip fract...
The relationship between surgical timing and hip fracture mortality is unknown in the context of dev...
OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk ...
OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk ...
Abstract Background Hip fractures are a major public health problem in elderly populations and are a...
Background: The clinical effect of surgical delay in older patients with hip fracture is controversi...
IntroductIon Hip fracture is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients wo...
Background: Guidelines for hip fracture care suggest that patients with hip fracture should undergo ...
Hip fractures are a major cause of hospital stay among the elderly, and result in increased disabili...