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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mortality of the elderly patient with a hip fracture by A. Biarnés-Suñé; B. Solà-Enríquez; M.Á. González Posada; J. Teixidor-Serra; Y. García-Sánchez; S. Manrique Muñóz is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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COVID-19 became a threat to the public health system, compromising the health of the population. Patients with hip fractures, due to their age and comorbidity, were high-risk patients in this pandemic. The purpose of this study was to observe how the pandemic affected the management of hip fractures in elderly patients. Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective study of all patients over the age of 65 diagnosed with a hip fracture that came to the emergency room of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in the COVID-19 pandemic period, from the 11th of March to the 24th of April 2020. They were followed up during their hospital stay and 30 days after the fracture. Results: A total of 63 patients were included, 18 (28.6%) of whom had a positive RT-qPCR for COVID-19. Four could not be operated on due to the severity of the disease they presented with upon admission, dying a few days afterwards. Three of these patients had COVID-19. The 83.3% of the patients with positive RT-qPCR presented respiratory symptoms during their hospitalization. The length of hospital stays of patients with a positive RT-qPCR (18.25 ± 8.99 days) was longer than that of patients that were RT-qPCR negative (10

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Author

A. Biarnés-Suñé; B. Solà-Enríquez; M.Á. González Posada; J. Teixidor-Serra; Y. García-Sánchez; S. Manrique Muñóz

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)