Early Warning Scores to Support Continuous Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring for Complication Prediction in Patients on Surgical Wards: Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: Wireless vital sign sensors are increasingly being used to monitor patients on surgical wards. Although early warning scores (EWSs) are the current standard for the identification of patient deterioration in a ward setting, their usefulness for continuous monitoring is unknown.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the usability and predictive value of high-rate EWSs obtained from continuous vital sign recordings for early identification of postoperative complications and compares the performance of a sensor-based EWS alarm system with manual intermittent EWS measurements and threshold alarms applied to individual vital sign recordings (single-parameter alarms).

Transparency in hip fracture recovery over institutional boundaries: The transmural monitoring pathway.

Objectives: To develop a transmural pathway for healthcare professionals across institutions to monitor the recovery of hip fracture patients. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the pathway's feasibility and initial outcomes.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

[Are the older patients with a hip fracture better off with a multidisciplinary approach?].

Integrated orthogeriatric treatment, led by a nurse practitioner, is an important step forward in the improvement of care for older people with a hip fracture. In this paper we reflect on the study of Van Leendert et al. Their main findings are similar to the literature with a significantly reduced 1-year mortality rate in the orthogeriatric group compared to the standard care group.

Early Predictors for Discharge to Geriatric Rehabilitation after Hip Fracture Treatment of Older Patients.

Objective: To investigate early predictors for discharge to a geriatric rehabilitation department at a skilled nursing home in older patients after hospitalization for hip fracture surgery.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Data from 21,176 patients with hip fracture aged ≥70 years, who were registered in the Dutch Hip Fracture Audit database between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, were included.