Reduced time to surgery improves mortality and length of stay following hip fracture: results from an intervention study in a Canadian health authority | Zendy

Éric Bohm | Zendy; Lynda Loucks | Zendy; Kristy Wittmeier | Zendy; Lisa M. Lix | Zendy; L. Oppenheimer | Zendy

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Reduced time to surgery improves mortality and length of stay following hip fracture: results from an intervention study in a Canadian health authority

Author(s) -

Éric Bohm,

Lynda Loucks,

Kristy Wittmeier,

Lisa M. Lix,

L. Oppenheimer

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.017714

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , hazard ratio , confidence interval , observational study , proportional hazards model , surgery , osteoporosis

Existing literature demonstrating the negative impact of delayed hip fracture surgery on mortality consists largely of observational studies prone to selection bias and may overestimate the negative effects of delay. We conducted an intervention study to assess initiatives aimed at meeting a 48-hour benchmark for hip fracture surgery to determine if the intervention achieved a reduction in time to surgery, and if a general reduction in time to surgery improved mortality and length of stay.

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