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This article reminds us that hip fractures have a one year mortality rate of 12-25% and 50% of hip fracture patients develop complications while in the hospital. “Almost half of individuals hospitalized with hip fractures experience complications, such as delirium, pneumonia, acute kidney injury, urinary tract infection, and deep vein thrombosis”
Because of these complications, multidisciplinary teams should be caring for these patients and great care should be exercised when evaluating these patients.
References
JAMA Insights
March 24, 2025
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Hip Fractures
Yiju Teresa Liu, MD1,2; Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH3; Kabir Yadav, MDCM, MS, MSHS1,4
JAMA. Published online March 24, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.0999