Patient characteristics, treatment outcomes and rehabilitation practices for patients admitted with hip fractures using multiple data set analysis.

CONCLUSION: Mortality was highest in ARC residents discharged from acute orthopaedics. Patients admitted for orthogeriatric rehabilitation had shorter length of stay, lower 30-day mortality, were more likely to return home and most likely to be offered osteoporosis treatment (88%), noting less underlying comorbidity and better baseline functional status in this group. This paper supports further study (eg, randomised trials) to examine the effects of targeted post-surgical rehabilitation for patients with hip fracture and explore measures to increase uptake of osteoporosis treatment. PMID: 33332338 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research