Early surgery within 2 days for hip fracture is not reliable as healthcare quality indicator

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• 作者：Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla^a ; ^b ; ^{lizaur1@telefonica.net" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Daniel Martinez-Mendez^a ; Isabel Collados-Maestre^a ; Francisco A. Miralles-Muñ ; oz^a ; Luis Marco-Gomez^a ; Fernando A. Lopez-Prats^b
• 关键词：Hip fracture ; Predictors ; Timing of surgery ; Mortality ; Complications
• 刊名：Injury
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：47
• 期：7
• 页码：1530-1535
• 全文大小：299 K

文摘

To analyze prospectively the influence of the timing of surgery on morbidity and mortality, and to assess whether the early surgery within 2 days admission may be a reliably healthcare quality indicator.

Methods

Prospective observational study of 628 patients age 60 or older who had been co-managed between surgeons and internists. Based on the literature, many potential factors influencing outcomes were collected to control confounding regard to surgery delay, complications and mortality. Multivariate logistic regression and Cox regression models were used to assess effects on the delay and mortality, respectively.

Results

Mean Charlson index was 2.3, and 284 patients had at least 3 comorbidities. Mean timing of surgery was 3.6 days (range 0–20). 418 patients were fit for surgery, of which 180 underwent surgery within 2 days. Delay for surgery more than 2 days was significantly associated with ASA >2, Charlson >2 and anticoagulant therapy. Medical complications were not significantly associated with delayed surgery more than 2 days. Mortality rate was 0.9% in-hospital, 3.4 at 1 month, 7.0% at 3 months, and 13.6% at 12 months. There were no significant differences in in-hospital, 3-month or 1-year mortality between patients operated within 2 days and those operated at 3–4 days, but delayed more than 4 days was associated with higher 1-year mortality. Likewise, patients readmitted within 30 days had higher in-hospital mortality. Excluding unfit for surgery patients at admission, there was no significant difference in 3-month or 1-year mortality between patients operated within 2 days and those with delayed surgery.

Conclusions

Delaying surgery up to 4 days was not associated with higher morbidity or mortality rates. We recommend concentrating more on preoperative optimizing the condition of patient with sufficient medical treatment rather than being bound by a universal timing of surgery.