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The impact of antithrombotic therapy on surgical delay and 2-year mortality in older patients with hip fracture: a prospective observational study.

Samuel LópezCarmen da CasaCarmen Pablos-HernándezDavid PescadorAgustín Díaz-ÁlvarezNuria AsensioJuan F Blanco
Published in: European geriatric medicine (2020)
Hip fracture patients following previous oral anticoagulant treatment have a higher 2-year mortality rate. The oral anticoagulant or high-dose antiplatelet treatments are significantly associated with an increase in the length of stay, related to time to surgery, but we could not demonstrate an effect on early mortality.
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