title: Mortality after hip fracture: results of operation within 12 h of admission.
abstract: This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the mortality and morbidity of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery within 12 h of admission, compared with surgery more than 12 h after admission, the patients had no acute medical conditions that required preoperative treatment. Mortality rates were based on survival of the patients up to 1 year after surgery. For patients with fractures of the femoral neck, and in whom surgery was performed within 12 hours of admission, the mortality rate was significantly lower from 5 months after the operation. Time of surgery did not influence the mortality of patients with trochanteric fractures. It is suggested that a fractured neck of the femur in an otherwise fit elderly patient should be regarded as a surgical emergency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Aalborg City and County Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bredahl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nyholm
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Hindsholm
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mortensen
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors