Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Surgical Timing in Geriatric Hip Fracture.

Objective: To determine how timing of surgery affects transfusion, major complications, and mortality in patients who sustain a geriatric hip fracture while taking dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT; typically aspirin and clopidogrel).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: University-affiliated Level 1 Trauma Center.

Quality of information on the Internet-has a decade made a difference?

Background: While patients accessing the Internet can be a positive step towards health literacy and self-efficacy, these resources vary in quality.

Aims: In 2007, Kulasegarah et al. assessed the information available to patients on the Internet on three common ENT procedures (tonsillectomy, septoplasty, and myringoplasty), looking at the quality of the information in terms of completeness and accuracy.