Introduction: A procedural change in the treatment of patients with femoral neck fracture from uncemented to cemented hemiarthroplasty was to be implemented to follow new national guidelines. In accordance with implementation science, it is important to understand the team's thoughts and educational needs. The study aimed to explore surgeons', scrub nurses', anaesthesiologists' and anaesthesia nurses' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to foster a safe educational introduction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Orthogeriatric collaboration in hip fracture patients during admission is well established, however, orthogeriatric involvement after discharge is not common. The aim of this study was to explore the association of orthogeriatric home visits with 30-day and 120-day readmission and mortality in ≥ 65-year-old patients surgically treated for hip fractures.
Materials And Methods: A cohort of patients who underwent acute hip fracture surgery in an usual care period from January 2018 to December 2018 was compared with a cohort of patients in an intervention period from June 2020 to June 2021.
Bats harbor viruses that can cause severe disease and death in humans including filoviruses (e.g., Ebola virus), henipaviruses (e.
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