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Have you changed your approach to delaying hip surgery in the context of decompensated CHF given the findings of the HIP-ATTACK study?

HIP ATTACK Investigators, PMID 32050090
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Hospital Medicine · Temple University Hospital
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That is an interesting question. Patients with a hip fracture have a high mortality, and delaying surgery could contribute to this mortality. On the other side of the pendulum is acute heart failure. Patients with acute heart failure have increased mortality in the perioperative period. Some of this...

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