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cord-031023-njs5d635	Fadulelmola, Ahmed	The impact of COVID-19 infection on hip fractures 30-day mortality	2020-08-27		.txt	text/plain	2162	119	51	COVID-19 testing and chest x-ray for patients presenting with hip fractures, helps in early planning of high-risk surgeries and allows counselling of the patients and family using realistic prognosis. The hip fractures 30-day mortality associated with COVID-19 infection was assessed, but due to the small sample size, the analysis was limited to descriptive statistics to avoid Type I error. This study presents the first evidence of high (50%) 30-day mortality in fragility hip fractures associated with COVID-19 infection. However, our study reported a clinically important difference in the 30-day mortality between COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 negative hip fractures patients. We have postulated a ''third hit'' theory, however, further research will be needed to assess the immune response before and after surgery in hip fractures associated with COVID-19 infection. On the basis of our study, hip fractures associated with COVID-19 infection have a high 30-day mortality.	./cache/cord-031023-njs5d635.txt	./txt/cord-031023-njs5d635.txt