This paper presents early results in one hospital from the Standardised Audit of Hip Fractures in Europe, otherwise known as the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit. The structure of this audit allows centres to participate and then withdraw when they desire, this has resulted in a fluctuation of ...
Editor - Bottle and Aylin’s study provides evidence of an association between delay to hip fracture surgery and mortality1, a topic that has proved controversial2. However, as Bottle and Aylin’s analysis depended on routinely collected data, there were important limitations to the stu...
hip fractureelderlySIGN guidelinesA postal survey of all senior anaesthetists with routine commitment to an acute trauma list in 13 Scottish hospitals was conducted to delineate contemporary anaesthetic practice for hip fracture surgery. Almost equal use of general and regional anaesthesia was reported, ...
Hip fractureDemographicsAuditCase-mixUntil discontinued in 2008, the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit collected and reported on data relating to the quality of care of hip fracture patients in Scotland. In 2013, the audit was recommenced under the umbrella of the MSK Audit group, which audits high ...
The NHSGGC community falls prevention programme currently reviews over 180 patients/month in their own home and over 500 patients/month are seen by the Fracture Liaison/Falls Pharmacy services. This study aimed to compare hospital admissions for hip fracture and due to falls in NHSGGC in the ...
Conclusions: This study has shown the care of hip fracture patients has been maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no statistically significant change in mortality, time to theatre, and duration of surgery, however, the patient's admission duration was significantly less than the 2019...