Why the study?
Do comorbidities and postoperative complications increase mortality in elderly people with hip fracture?
Population
Elderly people with hip fracture
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Multiple comorbidities and postoperative HF/chest infection were associated with higher mortality; hypothesis-generating for targeted trials before practice change.
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.
Roche et al. (2005) studied this question.
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