Admission to surgery time in Polish patients with hip fractures: temporal trends in the last decade and association with duration of hospitalization and in-hospital mortality

• DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15342
• Publication Date: 2020-05-07T15:12:07Z
• Authors: Kamil Polok; Zbigniew Pilecki; Halina Kutaj-Wąsi...; Barbara Kutryba; Rosa Sunol; Grzegorz Pilecki; Jacek Górka; Jakub Fronczek; Wojciech Szczeklik
• Keywords: Hip Fracture

healthcare systems. 3,4Advanced age, lower body mass index, tendency for falls, and physical in activity are well established risk factors hip fractures. 5Mortality this population is affected by several (male sex, dementia, histo ry of cardiovascular disease) according to the re cently published meta analysis. 6IntroductIon Hip fractures an important cause morbidity, mortality, emergency sur geries among geriatric patients developed countries their incidence projected tri ple 2050. 1,2This condition leads a signif icant functional impairment therefore de creases patient quality life burden orIGInAL ArtIcLE