Enhancing Elderly Hip Fracture Care: Reducing the Length of Stay Through Guidelines Implementation
This study highlights the benefits of protocol implementation in expediting surgical interventions for elderly hip fracture patients. Despite increased complications, the protocol reduced hospital stay without affecting mortality rates. Early surgical intervention was associated with faster postoperative mobilization.
Authors
- Rui Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4041-270X)
- Juliana L Cruz
- Paulo Fragoso
- Paulo Rita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-9958)
- A. M. Silva
- Ana S Cruz
Institutions
- Hospital Braga (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.77238
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01