Delayed admission of patients with hip fracture from the emergency department is associated with an increased mortality risk and increased length of hospital stay
Delayed disposition from our ED was associated with an increased mortality risk and longer length of hospital stay in patients presenting with a hip fracture.
Authors
- Luke Farrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5908)
- Andrew J. Duffy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5784-2706)
- Bin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7412-3762)
- Nick D. Clement (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-0659)
- Andrew David Duckworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-1300)
- K.M. Srinivasa Murthy
Institutions
- NHS Lothian (GB)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213085
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.15
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Scholarship Council