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dc.contributor.author | Zammit, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferry, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Cordina, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Vassallo, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Dalli, Stephanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Vella, Antoine | |
dc.contributor.author | Bugeja, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Muscat, Jeffrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Zammit, Kristian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-20T07:27:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-20T07:27:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Malta Medical Journal. 2016, Vol. 28(1), p. 38-40 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/9710 | |
dc.description.abstract | The orthogeriatric service in Malta started in 2012 and expanded in 2014. From admission, the patient is offered a ward based hip fracture programme that includes orthogeriatric assessment, management and co-ordinated multidisciplinary review. 457 patients were seen by the orthogeriatric service when this study was done. Mean age was 83 and 69% of patients were female. The Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) is a scoring system that reliably predicts 30-day and 1-year mortality for patients after hip fracture. It is made up of seven independent predictors of postoperative mortality that have been incorporated into a risk score. The score ranges from 0-10 and the mean score for this cohort was 5.1. There was a statistically significant correlation between age and high NHFS scores. 30 day mortality was 5.9% and 1 year mortality was 24.4%. Compared with the Nottingham data both 30 day and 1 year mortality were less for the orthogeriatric department in Malta. The orthogeriatric service in Malta achieved better results when comparing mortality with the UK. In the future expansion of data collected should be considered to better evaluate standards of care in the department. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Medical Journal | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Geriatric orthopedics -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hip fractures | en_GB |
dc.title | Orthogeriatrics in Malta : a 3 year experience | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 28, Issue 1 MMJ, Volume 28, Issue 1 Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed Scholarly Works - FacSoWGer |
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