The Medical journal of Australia · 1998
The management of elderly patients with femoral fractures. A randomised controlled trial of early intervention versus standard care.
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Swanson C E, Day G A, Yelland C E, Broome J R, Massey L, Richardson H R, Dimitri K, Marsh A
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of an early intervention program in an acute care setting on the length of stay in hospital of elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures.
SETTING: Acute orthopaedic ward of a large teaching hospital.
DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A randomised controlled trial comparing 38 Intervention patients with 33 Standard Care patients.
INTERVENTION: Early surgery, minimal narcotic analgesia, intense daily therapy and close monitoring of patient needs via a multidisciplinary approach versus routine hospital management.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Length of stay (LOS); deaths; level of independent functioning.
RESULTS: Mean LOS was shorter in the Intervention group than in the Standard Care group (21 days v. 32.5 days; P < 0.01). After adjusting for other factors that could affect LOS (eg, age, sex, pre-trauma functional levels, pre-trauma comorbidity and postsurgical complications), the Intervention program was significantly predictive of shorter LOS (P = 0.01). The Intervention group did not experience greater numbers of deaths, deterioration in function or need for social support than the Standard Care group.
CONCLUSION: This early intervention program in an acute care setting results in significantly shorter length of hospital stay for elderly patients with femoral fractures.
SETTING: Acute orthopaedic ward of a large teaching hospital.
DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A randomised controlled trial comparing 38 Intervention patients with 33 Standard Care patients.
INTERVENTION: Early surgery, minimal narcotic analgesia, intense daily therapy and close monitoring of patient needs via a multidisciplinary approach versus routine hospital management.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Length of stay (LOS); deaths; level of independent functioning.
RESULTS: Mean LOS was shorter in the Intervention group than in the Standard Care group (21 days v. 32.5 days; P < 0.01). After adjusting for other factors that could affect LOS (eg, age, sex, pre-trauma functional levels, pre-trauma comorbidity and postsurgical complications), the Intervention program was significantly predictive of shorter LOS (P = 0.01). The Intervention group did not experience greater numbers of deaths, deterioration in function or need for social support than the Standard Care group.
CONCLUSION: This early intervention program in an acute care setting results in significantly shorter length of hospital stay for elderly patients with femoral fractures.