The sun should not set twice before hip fracture repair

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Optimal timing to reduce mortality after hip surgery in medically stable older patients is on the day of admission or the following day, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.171512 In Canada, about 30 000 older adults are admitted to hospital each year with hip fracture. They are at […]

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