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Table 6 Admission time, time to surgery and length of hospital stay

From: Fast track hip fracture care and mortality – an observational study of 2230 patients

 

Conventional treatment group (na = 1090)

Fast track group

(na = 1140)

nb

Median (IQ-rangec)

nb

Median (IQ-rangec)

Admission time (hours)

1053

3.9 (2.9–5.2)*

1061

1.1 (0.6–3.2)*

Time to surgery (hours)

1054

25.7 (18.9–39.7)#

1072

23.6 (18.0–32.6)#

Length of stay (days)

1054

5.3 (4.0–7.0)

1072

5.2 (4.0–7.3)

  1. aNumber of patients in group
  2. bNumber of patients with available data
  3. cInterquartile range
  4. *Statistically significant difference (Mann Whitney U test, p < 0.0001)
  5. #Statistically significant difference (Mann Whitney U test, p < 0.0001)