Discharge to inpatient care facilities following hip fracture surgery: incidence, risk factors, and 30-day post-discharge outcomes.

CONCLUSION: Discharge to inpatient care facilities versus home following hip fracture surgery is associated with higher odds of post-discharge complications, re-operations and readmissions. These results stress the importance of careful patient selection prior to discharge to inpatient care facilities to minimise the risk of complications. PMID: 32538154 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32538154?dopt=Abstract

Source: Hip International - June 13, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Malik AT, Jain N, Frantz TL, Quatman CE, Phieffer LS, Ly TV, Khan SN Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research