%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated hip fracture in the elderly and time to surgery: is there an outcome difference?
%A Adel Elkbuli
%A Alyssa Eily
%A Dessy Boneva
%A Mark McKenney
%A Paul J Spano II
%A Shaikh Hai
%A Valerie Polcz
%J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open".
%D 2018
%R 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000212
%X Early operative intervention for hip fractures in the elderly is advised to reduce mortality and morbidity. Postoperative complications impose a significant burden on patient outcomes and cost of medical care. Our aim was to determine the relationship between time to surgery and postoperative complications/mortality in patients with hip fracture
%K trauma outcomes
%K trauma mortality
%K isolated hip fracture (IHF)
%K intensive care unit length of stay (ICU-LOS)
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263417/