Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
From: No rest for elderly femur fracture patients: early surgery and early ambulation decrease mortality
Mean time between admission and surgery | 48.4 h (IQR 13–78 h) |
Patients treated within 48 h from admission | 53.0% |
Patients able to walk before 10 days | 77.3% |
Mean duration of hospitalization | 13 days (IQR 6–20 days) |
Mortality at 6 months | 17.0% |
Mortality at 1 year | 24.7% |