Preoperative Workup of Operative Hip Fracture Patients: A Survey.

ABSTRACT: Background: There may be disagreement among stakeholders on the need for preoperative cardiac screening for elderly hip fracture patients. Purpose: We sought to assess preoperative workup perceptions among physicians for hip fracture patients across specialties, specifically considering a patient's cardiovascular risk. Methods: A case-based survey was distributed to 50 physicians in each of the 4 departments involved in preoperative patient care: orthopedic surgery (OS), anesthesiology (A), cardiology (C), and hospital medicine (HM). The survey asked about which clinical presentations required a cardiology consult, as well as about further preoperative imaging and laboratory work. Single score intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to compare agreement. R

SUBMITTER: Esper GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393624 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature