REVIEW ARTICLE
Modernising Hip Fracture Anaesthesia
Hannah Dawe*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
Issue: Suppl-7, M3
First Page: 1190
Last Page: 1199
Publisher ID: TOORTHJ-11-1190
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001711011190
Article History:
Received Date: 03/03/2017Revision Received Date: 20/6/2017
Acceptance Date: 22/06/2017
Electronic publication date: 31/10/2017
Collection year: 2017`

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Abstract
Hip fracture carries a 30-day mortality of around 8% in the United Kingdom. This figure has remained relatively unchanged despite modern developments in anaesthetic technique. These range from improvements in perioperative analgesia and mortality scoring systems, changes to intra-operative anaesthetic technique and strategies to reduce the requirement for blood transfusion. In this article, we review the current literature on the perioperative management of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery including some of the current controversies.