Glucose to albumin ratio as a new predictor of postoperative pressure ulcers and hospital length of stay in geriatric hip fracture patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the availability of several interventions, the incidence of pressure ulcers (PU) has not significantly decreased, particularly in older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and validate a more reliable and effective predictor to enhance the prediction accuracy for PU development in this vulnerable population.

Methods

In this study, a reliable and convenient predictor of PU was developed and evaluated based on four commonly used hematological markers. The data were randomly divided into a training cohort and a validation cohort in a 7:3 ratio. The strength of the association between each predictor and the occurrence of PU was assessed using multivariate logistic regression analysis and propensity score matchi

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457409 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature