Hospitals test home-based treatment to avoid painful transport for elderly patients
Frail older adults in the Netherlands, many with dementia, who suffer suspected hip fractures are increasingly being treated at home or in care facilities under a new approach designed to avoid painful ambulance transport and hospital transfers. The model, currently used by a small group of anesthesiologists in parts of the country, will be examined in a national Amsterdam UMC study launching this year, NOS reports.
29 May 18:20 · NL Times