Do comorbidities and postoperative complications increase mortality in elderly people with hip fracture?
Elderly patients with hip fracture who have multiple comorbidities or develop postoperative heart failure or chest infection are at increased risk of mortality and require specialist medical assessment.
In elderly people with hip fracture, the presence of three or more comorbidities is the strongest preoperative risk factor. Chest infection and heart failure are the most common postoperative complications and lead to increased mortality. These groups offer a clear target for specialist medical assessment.
Roche et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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