Time to Hip Fracture Surgery

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mortality; Hip Fractures; Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Waiting time for hip fracture surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03749122

331-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate how time from hospital admission to start of surgery influence mortality in patients with acute hip fracture. Data on patients with hip fracture surgery will be collected from the hospital's registration system and will be analyzed regarding age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification, type of surgery and time from admission to surgery along with data on mortality.

Enrollment: 10,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 105 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: undergoing

• hip fracture surgery between 2007-2016.
• Over 60 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pathological fracture.
• In-hospital falls.
• Diagnostic delay.