Open AccessMerits of Surgical Comanagement of Patients With Hip Fracture by Dedicated Orthopaedic Hospitalists
Author(s) -
Nidhi Rohatgi,
Yingjie Weng,
Jessie Kittle,
Neera Ahuja
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons. global research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2474-7661
DOI - 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-20-00231
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , odds ratio , comorbidity , charlson comorbidity index , confidence interval , odds , orthopedic surgery , emergency medicine , surgery , logistic regression , osteoporosis
Rotating medical consultants, hospitalists or geriatricians, are involved in the care of patients with hip fracture, often after medical complications have already occurred. In August 2012, we implemented a unique surgical comanagement (SCM) model in which the same Internal Medicine hospitalists are dedicated year-round to the orthopaedic surgery service. We examine whether this SCM model was associated with a decrease in medical complications, length of stay, and inpatient mortality in patients with hip fracture admitted at our institution, compared with the previous model.