From Standard to Escalated Anticoagulant Prophylaxis in Fractured Older Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Undergoing Accelerated Orthopedic Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Proximal femoral fractures in older adults are not uncommon and represent a great challenge for orthopedic surgeons because of the high risks of complications. In the COVID-19 panorama, fractures occurring in infected older adults become an even more intricate task because of concomitant metabolic derangements due to SARS-CoV-2. Multidisciplinary protocols are mandatory and pharmacological treatment in infected patients should be tailored. Regrettably, the spread of the virus in northern Italy, has been faster than scientific progress in characterizing the disease and many hospitals have had to manage the symptoms on a daily clinical bases. Our Italian hospital in the region of Lombardy, which has been the epicenter of the Italian pandemic, has admitted sixteen patients with fractured femu

SUBMITTER: Perazzo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593394 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature