Thomas S, Ord J, Pailthorpe C
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, RG1 5AN, UK.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2001 Jan;83(1):37-9.
To establish whether increased waiting time to operation in elderly patients with hip fracture significantly affects postoperative time to discharge.
Combined prospective and retrospective analysis of theatre logbooks and in-patient data to determine the type, time and date of operation and subsequent in-patient stay.
A busy district general hospital in the South East Thames Valley area with changing availability of a dedicated trauma list.
441 elderly patients undergoing hip surgery between May 1995 and March 1997.
Waiting time from booking of operation to surgery and length of postoperative hospital stay.
Increased pre-operative wait for emergency hip surgery in elderly patients significantly increases postoperative stay. Roughly doubling pre-operative wait increases postoperative stay by 19% (P < 0.01).
确定老年髋部骨折患者手术等待时间的延长是否会显著影响术后出院时间。
对手术记录和住院患者数据进行前瞻性和回顾性联合分析，以确定手术类型、时间、日期以及随后的住院时间。
泰晤士河谷地区东南部一家繁忙的区综合医院，专用创伤手术安排时间不定。
1995年5月至1997年3月期间接受髋部手术的441例老年患者。
从手术预约到手术的等待时间以及术后住院时间。
老年患者急诊髋部手术术前等待时间的延长会显著增加术后住院时间。术前等待时间大致翻倍会使术后住院时间增加19%（P<0.01）。
