• Osteoporos Int · Mar 2019

    Multicenter Study Observational Study

    Preoperative antithrombotic therapy and risk of blood transfusion and mortality following hip fracture surgery: a Danish nationwide cohort study.

    • C Daugaard, A B Pedersen, N R Kristensen, and S P Johnsen.
    • Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Olof Palmes Alle 43-45, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark. cecilie.daugaard@gmail.com.
    • Osteoporos Int. 2019 Mar 1; 30 (3): 583-591.

    AbstractHip fracture surgery is associated with high risk of bleeding and mortality. The patients often have cardiovascular comorbidity, which requires antithrombotic treatment. This study found that preoperative use of oral anticoagulants was not associated with transfusion or mortality following hip fracture surgery, whereas increased risk may exist for antiplatelet drugs.

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