Impact of an orthogeriatrician on length of stay of elderly patient with hip fracture
Osteoporosis International Oct 17, 2020
Aletto C, Aicale R, Pezzuti G, et al. - In this study, the role of an orthogeriatrician in the management of patients with a hip fracture was investigated. Between February to September 2018 and from February to September 2019, data about patients admitted and operated on were obtained from the San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona Hospital of Salerno database. Researchers distinguished a sum of 352 patients and classified them into two groups according to the year in which the orthogeriatrician was working in the Orthopaedic Department. The results consider that in an Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department an Orthogeriatric doctor may lead a multidisciplinary technique to manage elderly patients with hip fractures, ensuring that the time to surgery from admission is less than 48 h, and reducing hospitalization time after surgery and the total length of stay.
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