Hip fracture delays raise risk of dying
Daily Express|October 09, 2024
HIP-fracture patients are more likely to die if they are waiting in A&E for more than four hours, a study claims.
Hanna Geissler
Hip fracture delays raise risk of dying

It found one extra death happens within 90 days of injury for every 36 patients who wait longer than the national standard for treatment. They also spend a day longer in hospital than those seen within four hours.

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The analysis looked at 3,200 hipfracture patients aged 50 and over at a trauma centre in Lothian, Scotland, between January 2019 and the end of June 2022.

Study leader Dr Nicholas Clement, from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University, said: "We thought we'd look at our hip fracture patients that are more frail than the standard patients that arrive.

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