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Warfarin and delay to surgery in neck of femur fracture patients

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IntroductionMethodsResultsDiscussionReferences   Introduction Fragility fracture of the neck of femur is an injury of predominantly elderly patients, which carries a significant morbidity and mortality, with commonly observed morbidity including systemic infection and pressure sore development.1 Early surgery in this patient group has been demonstrated to improve morbidity and mortality with recent NICE guidelines and best practice tariff guidelines requiring surgery within 48 and 36 hours of admission respectively.2,3 Within our trust (a large 1,100 bed tertiary teaching hospital) the percentage of patients receiving their surgery within 36 hours is slightly higher than the national average at 75% (National Average 71.7%),

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