Why Still in Hospital After Hip Fracture Surgery?

University Hospital, Akershus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Fractures

Treatments: Other: Fast track patient pathway

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03265275

2017/CP

Details and patient eligibility

About

At our institution, hip fracture patients are admitted and treated according to a fast track patient pathway. The aim of this study is to identify areas of this patient pathway that can be improved. To achieve this, the study will investigate the underlying reasons for the continued need for hospitalization on the consecutive days after hip fracture surgery.

Full description

The study will be conducted at the orthopedic department, Akershus University Hospital, as a prospective observational study and will include approximately 200 consecutive hip fracture patients. The patients will be evaluated once daily for the fulfillment of predefined discharge criteria. If the discharge criteria are not met or if the criteria are met but the patient is not discharged in spite of this the underlying reason(s) are recorded.

Enrollment: 182 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Operated at the orthopedic department, Akershus University Hospital, for a hip fracture

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of written informed consent