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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_1 | Pages 123 - 123
1 Jan 2013
The incidence of death following outpatient management of fractures: is fatal pulmonary embolism a common clinical problem?
Deakin D Gaden M Moran C
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Background

Orthopaedic surgeons are increasingly pressured to consider thromboprophylaxis for patients when little evidence exists. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of fatal pulmonary embolism following office attendance in our outpatient fracture clinic.

Methods

Between October 2004 and September 2006 details of all new patients referred to our orthopaedic fracture clinic were prospectively entered into an audit database. Patients did not receive any form of thromboprophylaxis. Data was cross referenced with a national mortality database to identify all patients who subsequently died within 90 days of attendance in fracture clinic.