The association between pre-operative sepsis and 30-day mortality in hip fracture patients-A cohort study.
Sofie Søndergaard MørchS Tantholdt-HansenNiels E PedersenC L DuusJ A PetersenC Ø AndersenJ O JarløvChristian Sahlholt MeyhoffPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)
Pre-operative sepsis in hip fracture patients was associated with an increased length of hospital stay and tended to increase mortality. Pre-operative sepsis in hip fracture patients merits more intensive surveillance and increased attention to timely treatment.