Expedited surgery in geriatric hip fracture patients taking direct oral anticoagulants is not associated with increased short-term complications or mortality rates

Expedited surgery in geriatric hip fracture patients taking direct oral anticoagulants is not associated with increased short-term complications or mortality rates

Abstract. Objectives:. The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential differences in time to surgery, bleeding risk, wound complications, length of stay, transfusion rate, and 30-day mortality between patients anticoagulated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and those not anticoagulated a...

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Main Authors: Alexander Brown, MD, Zachary Zmich, MD, Aaron Roberts, MD, Jason Lipof, MD, Kyle T. Judd, MS, MD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-09-01
Series:OTA International
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000089

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