@article{ref1,
title="Increased mortality amongst patients sustaining neck of femur fractures as in-patients in a trauma centre",
journal="Open orthopaedics journal",
year="2015",
author="Mohamed, Mohamed and Patel, Dhawal and Zhao, Sizheng and Ballal, Moeez S. and Scott, Simon",
volume="9",
number="",
pages="412-417",
abstract="PURPOSE: Neck of Femur (NOF) fracture is a common injury with high mortality that all orthopaedic departments must contend with [1]. The aim of this study was to report incidence and mortality of NOF fractures occurring while patients were being admitted to hospital for other conditions. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective review was performed of all NOF fracture admissions between 1(st) of Jan 2010 to 31(st) of Dec 2012 at a University Hospital trauma centre. Fractures were divided according to the location where the fracture occurred, either in the community (acute NOF) or in-hospital (in-hospital NOF). <br><br>RESULTS: In-hospital mortality, 30-day, 90-day and 1 year mortality were recorded. There were 1086 patients in the acute NOF fracture group (93.9%) and 70 patients in the in-hospital group (6.1%) over three years. The odds of inpatient death was 2.25 times higher for inpatient NOFs (p=0.012). 86% of all in-hospital NOF fractures occurred on medical and rehabilitation wards. NOF fractures result in increased mortality and morbidity. <br><br>CONCLUSION: All patients in hospital should be assessed to identify those at high risk of falls and implemented measures should be taken to reduce this.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1874-3250",
doi="10.2174/1874325001509010412",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001509010412"
}