Clinical, laboratory, and hospital factors associated with preoperative complications in Peruvian older adults with hip fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the clinical, laboratory, and hospital factors associated with preoperative complications in older adults with hip fractures.

Methodology

Analytical observational retrospective cohort study, whose population was older adults with a diagnosis of hip fracture treated in a hospital in northern Peru, during 2017-2019.

Results

432 patients with a median age of 83 years (RIC: 77-88) were evaluated, with the female gender being the most prevalent (60.9%). The most common comorbidities included cardiovascular disease (68%) and diabetes (17.6%), and multimorbidity was observed in 47.2% of cases. The median number of geriatric syndromes was 2 (RIC: 1-5). The overall mortality rate was 3.2% (1.7-5.3). Analysis with the Poisson regression model found a sig

SUBMITTER: Aguirre-Milachay E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534202 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature