Conventional wisdom suggests high-quality care for most patients with hip fractures is surgical fixation within 24 hours to reduce mortality and complications, although there is little evidence to support this standard.
Lack of association between mortality and timing of surgical fixation in elderly patients with hip fracture: results of a retrospective population-based cohort study.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, and the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. me2.majumdar@ualberta.ca
