Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Timing, ability to walk before discharge, and mortality for patients at both trauma centers
From: 48 h for femur fracture treatment: are we choosing the wrong quality index?
Mean time between admission and surgery | 48.4 h (IQR 13–78 h) |
Patients treated within 48 h from admission | 49.80% |
Patients able to walk before discharge | 471 (78.2%) |
Died during hospitalization | 2.10% |
Mean duration of hospitalization | 12 days (IQR 9–16 days) |
Mean time from surgery to physiotherapy start | 2 days (IQR 1–3 days) |
Mean time from surgery to first walking day | 5 days (IQR 4–7 days) |