Early mortality after hip fracture: is delay before surgery important?

By C. Moran, R. Wenn, M. Sikand, A. Taylor. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2005

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A Microphone Array System for Automatic Fall Detection (2012, background): “In these cases, it has been found that the longer the lie on the floor, the poorer is the outcome of the medical intervention [3].”
Excess mortality following hip fracture: a systematic epidemiological review (2009, background): “Furthermore, two studies found that for otherwise medically fit individuals, a delay of at least 4 days after admission did not appreciably affect survival [75, 76].”
Timing Matters in Hip Fracture Surgery: Patients Operated within 48 Hours Have Better Outcomes. A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of over 190,000 Patients (2012, background): “Fourteen studies, seven of low quality [32,34,35,36,44,46,57] and eight of high quality [37,40,43,45,50,53,54], reported prospective adjusted measures of effect.”
Effect of early surgery after hip fracture on mortality and complications: systematic review and meta-analysis (2010, background): “Eight studies reported the reasons for surgical delay, the most common being the unavailability of an operating room and/or surgical personnel,(12,24,25,27,31,32,34) and investigation and stabilization of the patient’s preoperative medical condition.(22,27,31,32,34)”