Effects of Fast-tracking Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: Fast-tracking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04755686

dnr 154-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether fast-tracking hip fracture patients to geriatric medicine wards, as opposed to standard care at the emergency room, results in less complications and shorter hospitalization for the patients.

Full description

Each year about 18000 persons in Sweden suffer from a hip fracture. These people are often among the oldest and have many complicating diseases. The one-year mortality after hip fracture is 20%. Due to the complexity including many comorbidities in these patients, it is of great value that the care of these patients is optimal.

Today, most of the patients with suspected hip fracture in the catchment area of Sahlgrenska University hospital, Gothenburg, are transported directly to the radiology unit. Thereafter, the patient waits in the emergency room (ER) for an othopedic examination before being admitted to primarily a geriatric medicine ward where they wait for the operation. The average waiting time in the ER is today around four hours. The current scientific evidence for fast-tracking hipfracture patients is limited. The aim of our randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of fast-tracking hip fracture patients at geraitric medicine wards compared to standard care regarding complication rate (primary endpoint), lenght of hospital stay and time to operation (secondary outcomes).

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with low energy trauma with pain at the hip and/or groin AND
• respiratory frequency: 8-25/minute AND
• saturation: 90% or higher on air AND
• pulse: 50-119 beats per minute AND
• systolic blood pressure: >90 mmHg AND
• level of consciousness: Reaction level scale (RLS) 1 or Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 14-15 AND
• plasma-glucose: 3,0-25 mmol/l

Exclusion criteria

We will exclude patients based on the following criteria:

• distal status affected
• suspicion of other simultaneous fracture
• suspicion of head trauma or affected consciousness
• suspicion of acute cardiac disease
• signs of acute cardiac ischemia in electrocardiogram
• generalized symtoms, except for pain in the hip

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Fast-tracking at geriatric medicine ward

Experimental group

Description:

Fast-tracking hip fracture patients at geriatric medicine ward. The goal is to optimize the medical care of older hip fracture patients at a geriatric ward and to shorten the time to operation.

Treatment:

Procedure: Fast-tracking

Regular admission

No Intervention group

Description:

Regular admission and care of hip fracture patients at the emergency room prior to surgery.