European Geriatric Medicine
Preoperative antithrombotic use is associated with delayed mobilization and plural blood transfusions following hip fracture surgery: a case–control study
Abstract Purpose Early surgical treatment is important to allow a prompt start for rehabilitation after hip fracture. In patients using antithrombotic drugs, the surgery is often delayed, but it is unclear how this affects early post-operative recovery. Methods The course of treatment and early post-operative outcomes of hip fracture patients, aged ≥ 70 years, using either warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), or adenosine diphosphate. (ADP) inhibitors were compared to age- and sex-matched controls not usin …