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Effects of comorbidities and post-operative complications on mortality after hip fracture in elderly people
— prospective observational cohort study | | Author(s) | J J W Roche, R T Wenn, O Sahota |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 331, no 7529, 10 December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1374-1376 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Orthopaedics ; At risk ; Death rate [statistics] ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | Mortality is high after surgery for hip fracture in older patients. In a study over a 4-year period of 2448 consecutive patients admitted to hospital with an acute hip fracture, mortality was 9.6% at 30 days and 33% at one year. The most common postoperative complications were chest infection (9%) and heart failure (5%). In patients who develop postoperative heart failure, mortality was 65% at 30 days and 92% within one year. In those who developed postoperative chest infection, mortality at 30 days was 43%. Patients with multiple comorbidities, especially respiratory disease and malignancy before surgery for hip fracture were at a higher risk of mortality. Such patients offer a clear target for specialised medical assessment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060106202 A |
| Classmark | CUF: LKB: CA3: S5: 3G * |
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