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Elderly patients at greater risk of dying from hip surgery during busy periods
Hip fractures are serious, especially for the elderly. The operation can be a great strain, and 13 per cent of patients over the age of 70 do not survive 60 days after the fracture.
Their chance of survival may depend on how busy the surgeons are with other emergency procedures.
When the operating room is busy, 20 per cent more of the patients die within 60 days after the operation.
Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology s (NTNU) Department of Public Health and Nursing
Surgeons can get especially busy during periods when the patient demand for surgery is high. In busy periods, hip fracture patients have to wait on average 20 per cent longer before being operated on compared to the quiet periods. This wait can have serious consequences.
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