Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : The integrated care pathway reduced the number of hospital days by half: a prospective comparative study of patients with acute hip fracture | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research BioMed Central Research article The integrated care pathway reduced the number of hospital days by half a prospective comparative study of patients with acute hip fracture Lars-Eric Olsson 1 2 Jón Karlsson2 and Inger Ekman1 Open Access Address 1Sahlgrenska Academy at Gõteborg University Institute of Health and Care Sciences Gõteborg Sweden and 2Orthopaedic Department Sahlgrenska University Hospital Ostra Gõteborg Sweden Email Lars-Eric Olsson - lars-eric@ Jón Karlsson - Inger Ekman - Corresponding author Published 25 September 2006 Received 30 March 2006 . r__jn J . IA 11 KXÍV I 1 Accepted 25 September 2006 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2006 1 3 doi 1749-799X-1-3 This article is available from http content 1 1 3 2006 Olsson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The incidence of hip fracture is expected to increase during the coming years demanding greater resources and improved effectiveness on this group of patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated care pathway ICP in patients with an acute fracture of the hip. Methods A nonrandomized prospective study comparing a consecutive series of patients treated by the conventional pathway to a newer intervention. ll2 independently living patients aged 65 years or older admitted to the hospital with a hip fracture were consecutively selected. Exclusion criteria were pathological fracture and severe cognitive impairment. An ICP was developed with the intention of creating
