Risk of infection in patients with femoral fractures who experience delays in surgery of more than 12 hours
Villaneuva E V S
Record ID 32003000670
English
Authors' objectives:
This aim of this report was to assess whether patients with fractured femur risk an infection if surgery is delayed longer than 12 hours.
Authors' recommendations:
- Only one study met inclusion and exclusion criteria.
- The study was a retrospective cohort enrolling 778 patients in a Danish hospital.
- The following findings are reported: - Patients undergoing surgery within 12 hours of admission were more likely to survive one year post surgery. - There were no important relationships between timing of surgery and postoperative pneumonia, urinary infection, wound infection, or pressure sores.
Authors' methods:
Review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce/evidence/
Year Published:
2000
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Australia
MeSH Terms
- Infections
- Infection Control
- Time Factors
- Hip Fractures
Contact
Organisation Name:
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness
Contact Address:
Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Block E, Monash Medical Centre, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9594 7505; Fax: +61 3 9594 7552.
Contact Name:
cce@med.monash.edu.au.
Contact Email:
cce@med.monash.edu.au.
Copyright:
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (CCE)
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