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News items on 'Hip Fracture'
Study into link between injury and delirium
(The Scotsman 06/03/2009)
A RESEARCH programme is to be launched into why a third of older people with hip fractures go on to suffer from delirium. The Edinburgh University study will investigate the puzzling statistic along with charity Help the Aged. Early indications suggest a stress hormone produced mainly in older people following a bad injury such as a hip fracture may induce the delirium, and medics are hopeful of establishing a formal link between the two.
NHS targets 'harm hip patients'
(BBC 24/12/2008)
The lives of elderly patients with hip fractures are being risked by hospitals diverting resources to meet NHS waiting list targets, warn surgeons. The British Orthopaedic Association says almost all cases should be operated on within 48 hours. But a poll of 124 of its surgeons suggests a fifth of patients wait longer than this.
Some trusts 'repairing only one in four hip fractures within recommended time'
(Telegraph 18/11/2008)
Figures, compiled for the Dr Foster good hospital guide, show that three trusts, University Hospitals Leicester, South Devon and Central Manchester and Manchester Children' University Hospitals NHS Trust, treat just over a quarter of hip fracture patients within two days. No trust meets the recommendations by the British Orthopedic Association (BOA) that 95% of patients are treated within 48 hours.
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