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Does early mobilisation reduce 30-day mortality and complication rates in hip fracture patients compared to delayed mobilisation?
Does early mobilisation reduce 30-day mortality and complication rates in hip fracture patients compared to delayed mobilisation?
Early mobilisation after hip fracture surgery is associated with improved postoperative outcomes, including reduced 30-day mortality and complications.
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Early mobilisation in hip fracture patients is associated with a reduction in 30-day mortality and complication rates compared to delayed mobilisation, but no difference in LOS. These findings illustrate that early mobilisation is associated with superior post operative outcomes. However, a direct casual effect remains to be demonstrated, and further work on the factors underlying delayed mobilisation is required.
May support early mobilisation protocols after hip fracture; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm causality.
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Agarwal et al. (2024) studied this question.
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