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November 1, 1981Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume

Cardiovascular and neurological function in elderly patients sustaining a fracture of the neck of the femur

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Why the study?

Do preoperative ECG and EEG abnormalities predict survival and return home in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures?

Population

81 randomly selected elderly patients who had sustained a fracture of the neck of the femur

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 months

Authors

LCLeif CederLund UniversityDED. ElmqvistAstraZeneca (Sweden)SSSE Svensson

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Implication

ECG/EEG abnormalities may aid prognostication in elderly femoral neck fracture patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Do preoperative ECG and EEG abnormalities predict survival and return home in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures?

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Population
81 randomly selected elderly patients who had sustained a fracture of the neck of the femur
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Intervention
Preoperative evaluation of cardiac (ECG) and neurological (EEG, nerve conduction velocity) functions
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Outcome
Survival within six months and return homehard clinical

Routine preoperative EEG and ECG examinations are valuable prognostic indicators for survival in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures.

Cite This Study

Ceder et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a735d23f60b59e999b8723dhttps://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.63b4.7298685
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