Comparative safety of anesthetic type for hip fracture surgery in adults: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of anesthesia type on the risk of in-hospital mortality among adults undergoing hip fracture surgery in the United States.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Premier research database, United States.

Participants

73,284 adults undergoing hip fracture surgery on hospital day 2 or greater between 2007 and 2011. Of those, 61,554 (84.0%) received general anesthesia, 6939 (9.5%) regional anesthesia, and 4791 (6.5%) combined general and regional anesthesia.

Main outcome measure

In-hospital all cause mortality.

Results

In-hospital deaths occurred in 1362 (2.2%) patients receiving general anesthesia, 144 (2.1%) receiving regional anesthesia, and 115 (2.4%) receiving combined anesthesia. In the multivariable adjuste

SUBMITTER: Patorno E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4073666 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature