Key result
Delaying hip fracture surgery was significantly associated with increased 1-year mortality, with a 5% higher odds of death per 10-hour delay (OR 1.05; 95% CI 1.02-1.08; P=0.001).
Why the study?
Does delaying surgery increase 1-year mortality in patients >65 years requiring hip fracture repair?
Cohort (n=720)
Does delaying surgery increase 1-year mortality in patients >65 years requiring hip fracture repair?
Odds Ratio: 1.05 (95% CI 1.02–1.08)
p-value: p=0.001
Each 10-hour delay from admission to surgery in older hip fracture patients is associated with a 5% higher odds of 1-year mortality, suggesting the need for urgent surgical treatment.
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May support expedited repair in older hip fracture patients; leaves open causality without randomized confirmation.
Maheshwari et al. (2017) conducted a cohort in Hip fracture (n=720). Surgical delay (per 10-hour delay from admission to surgery) vs. Earlier surgery was evaluated on 1-year mortality (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.02-1.08, p=0.001). Delaying hip fracture surgery was significantly associated with increased 1-year mortality, with a 5% higher odds of death per 10-hour delay (OR 1.05; 95% CI 1.02-1.08; P=0.001).
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