Delayed Surgery Does Not Reduce Transfusion Rates in Low-Energy Hip Fractures on Direct Oral Anticoagulants.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare transfusion rates in patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) with nonanticoagulated patients undergoing hip fracture surgery and, secondarily, to determine whether time to surgery or complications differ between these groups.

Design

Multicenter retrospective cohort.

Setting

Three tertiary care, academic, Level I trauma centers.

Patients

Acute, operatively treated, low-energy hip fracture patients 55 years of age and older were included. Anticoagulated patients were matched in a 1:2 ratio to "control" nonanticoagulated hip fracture patients using propensity score matching.

Main outcome measurements

The primary outcome was incidence of perioperative transfusion. The secondary outcomes included time to surgery, length of stay, a

SUBMITTER: Levack AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866529 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature