Comorbidities, clinical intercurrences, and factors associated with mortality in elderly patients admitted for a hip fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze comorbidities and clinical complications, and to determine the factors associated with mortality rates of elderly patients admitted with a hip fracture in a tertiary public hospital.

Methods

Sixty-seven medical records were reviewed in a retrospective cohort study, including patients equal to or older than 65 years admitted to this institution for hip fracture between January 2014 and December 2014. The evaluated items constituted were the following: interval of time between fracture and hospital admission, time between admission and surgical procedure, comorbidities, clinical complications, type of orthopedic procedure, surgical risk, cardiac risk, and patient outcome.

Results

The average patients' age in the sample was 77.6 years, with a predomi

SUBMITTER: Edelmuth SVCL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148078 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature