ArticleWorld journal of orthopedics2020
Effect of weekend admission on geriatric hip fractures.
Article in World journal of orthopedics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Establishing Independent Predictors of Early Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery.Hip & pelvis · 2026Article
- Comorbidity burden, management, and in-hospital outcomes in centenarians with proximal hip fracture: a nationwide cohort study (2004-2020).Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Identification of preoperative factors and postoperative outcomes in relation to delays in surgery for hip fractures.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2022Article
- Access to care for low trauma hip fractures in South Africa.Archives of osteoporosis · 2022Observational
- The impact of holiday season and weekend effect on traumatic injury mortality: Evidence from a 10-year analysis.Tzu chi medical journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe care discrepancy for patients presenting to a hospital on the weekend relative to the work week is well documented. With respect to hip fractures, however, there is no consensus about the presence of a so-called "weekend effect". This study sought to determine the effects, if any, of weekend admission on care of geriatric hip fractures admitted to a large tertiary care hospital. It was hypothesized that geriatric hip fracture patients admitted on a weekend would have longer times to medical optimization and surgery and increased complication and mortality rates relative to those admitted on a weekday.
aimTo determine if weekend admission of geriatric hip fractures is associated with poor outcome measures and surgical delay.
methodsA retrospective chart review of operative geriatric hip fractures treated from 2015-2017 at a large tertiary care hospital was conducted. Two cohorts were compared: patients who arrived at the emergency department on a weekend, and those that arrived at the emergency department on a weekday. Primary outcome measures included mortality rate, complication rate, transfusion rate, and length of stay. Secondary outcome measures included time from emergency department arrival to surgery, time from emergency department arrival to medical optimization, and time from medical optimization to surgery.
resultsThere were no statistically significant differences in length of stay (
conclusionThis study provided insight into the "weekend effect" for geriatric hip fractures and found that day of presentation has a clinically significant impact on delivered care.
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