Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the efficacies of two pathways-conventional and fast-track care-in patients with hip fracture.

Design

Retrospective single-centre study.

Setting

University hospital in middle Norway.

Participants

1820 patients aged ≥65 years with hip fracture (intracapsular, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric).

Interventions

788 patients were treated according to conventional care from April 2008 to September 2011, and 1032 patients were treated according to fast-track care from October 2011 to December 2013.

Primary and secondary outcome

Primary: mortality and readmission to hospital, within 365 days follow-up. Secondary: length of stay.

Results

We found no statistically significant differences in mortality and readmission rate betwe

SUBMITTER: Haugan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724094 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature