Neck of femur fractures in the over 90s: a select group of patients who require prompt surgical intervention for optimal results

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparison of physiological scores taken at admission and at surgery

Orthopaedic POSSUM scores and predicted mortality and morbidity for each group
	Early (24 h)		Intermediate (48 h)		Late (>48 h)
	Admission	Surgery	Admission	Surgery	Admission	Surgery
Physiological score	22.934	23.082	23.692	23.558	25.394	24.818

In general there is an increase in the orthopaedic POSSUM score as the patient waits for his or her operation