Dr Lara Harvey, a senior research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia and our ANZHFR co-chair Prof Jacqueline Close, a geriatrician based at Prince of Wales Sydney discuss their newly published research titled “Adherence to clinical care standards and mortality after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2015–2018: a retrospective population-based study”.
The ACSQHC hip fracture care clinical care standard comprises seven quality statements supported by 16 quality indicators. This study looked at the impact of adherence to these standards on mortality for patients with hip fracture.
You can find the full study here in the Medical Journal of Australia.

In this episode, Professor Rebecca Mitchell and Dr Hannah Seymour discuss the work they led in partnership with international colleagues from the Fragility Fracture Network on consensus statements developed to aid clinicians in their decision-making and to reduce practice variations in the management of patients with hip fracture taking direct oral anticoagulants.

For the full article:
Principles for management of hip fracture for older adults taking direct oral anticoagulants: an international consensus statement

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16226?af=R

For more information on the upcoming ANZHFR Sprint Audit, email j.hallen@neura.edu.au

Professor Jacqui Close, Registry Co-Chair and Geriatrician at Prince of Wales Hospital, along with Dr Phil Black, Anaesthetist at Prince of Wales Hospital share the results of the ANZHFR Preoperative Fasting Sprint Audit and the implementation of Sip Til Send at Prince of Wales.

Resources:

Kluger MT, Culwick MD, Moore MR, Merry AF. Aspiration during anaesthesia in the first 4000 incidents reported to webAIRS. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 2019;47(5):442-451. doi:10.1177/0310057X19854456

The video recording of Professor Close's presentation on the Preoperative fasting sprint audit at the Binational Hip Fest can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kadcg2Hz4

The podcast with Dr Matthew Checketts, Consultant Anaesthetist, titled Sip Til Send can be found at: https://hipcast.buzzsprout.com/1739857/10350612

For further information on the Sprint Audit, go to: https://anzhfr.org/sprintaudits/

Sip Til Send Resources: Prince of Wales and Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital. See Shared hospital resources at https://anzhfr.org/resources/

Professor Xavier Griffin spearheads academic orthopaedics at Queen Mary University London and Barts Health, having joined as the inaugural chair of Bone & Joint Health. Professor Griffin's vision is for world class excellence in research and clinical academic training; providing opportunity for the next generation of clinician scientists to realise their aspirations.

Professor Griffin presented at ANZHFR's 2022 Binational Hip Festival in Melbourne, Australia on quality of life after hip fracture. We are pleased to provide his presentation in podcast format.

The open access publication mentioned early in the podcast can be found at:
https://boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.1302/0301-620X.103B5.BJJ-2020-1839.R1

(Reference: Griffin XL, Achten J, Parsons N, Costa ML, On behalf of the WHiTE collaborators. Does performance-based remuneration improve outcomes in the treatment of hip fracture?. Bone Joint J. 2021;103-B(5):881-887. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.103B5.BJJ-2020-1839.R1)

The video recording of the presentation can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdbb-RnYgk

All recorded sessions from the ANZHFR 2022 Binational Hip Fest are available on our website: https://anzhfr.org/hipfest2022/

On this episode, join episode host James Wright, Registered Nurse and ANZHFR Project Manager, and guest Nicola Ward, NZ Hip Fracture Registry Coordinator and Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Fracture Liaison Service at Tauranga Hospital, NZ to hear some nursing tips for caring for people after hip fracture.

Dr Richard Kjar, Director of Orthopaedics, Ms Lisa Gephart, Clinical Nurse Consultant Acute Pain Service and Ms Megan Gilbert, Hip Fracture Clinical Specialist discuss the journey to implement the ANZHFR at Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia.

View the hospital's innovative NHW Hip Fracture Pathway - Staff awareness - Tik Tok type reel

Caroline Miller is a Consumer Representative on the New Zealand Implementation Committee of the Hip Fracture Registry.

Caroline has a lived experience of hip fracture and spoke at New Zealand's Hip Festival in Wellington in September 2022. Tune in to hear her advice to health professionals working in hip fracture care.

On this episode, join physiotherapist and ANZHFR project officer Karen Lee, Professor Cathie Sherrington from The University of Sydney, and physiotherapists Mr Brett Baxter from Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane and Ms Rebecca Ferrier from The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane as they share their Hip Tips from Physiotherapy.

To summarise for our listeners, the Top Tips for Physiotherapy are:

1. Physiotherapy intervention early and as intense as possible.

2. Coordinated care is best. Look for opportunities to mobilise your patients

3. Enhance hip fracture recovery after discharge from hospital

4. Take care with progressing patients with hemiarthroplasty fixation performed via a lateral approach

5. The latest evidence tells us physio expertise is valuable after hip fracture including in the post-discharge phase

Recommended Resources:

- https://australian.physio/inmotion/physiotherapy-and-fractured-neck-femur

- Cochrane Review coming soon

- Hip4Hips RCT

- BOOST Study

- ANZHFR Acute Rehabilitation Sprint Audit

Please contact Ms Rebecca Ferrier via rebecca.ferrier@health.qld.gov.au to find out more about The Prince Charles Hospital physio led hip fracture post-surgical review clinic.