Being 90 years of age and older was associated with significantly higher in-hospital and 1-year mortality (p=0.001) and longer hospital stays (p=0.01) compared to younger patients with hip fractures.
Cohort (n=850)
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Does being 90 years of age and older worsen outcomes after operatively treated hip fracture compared to younger patients?
Patients aged 90 and older with operatively treated hip fractures experience higher mortality and functional decline compared to younger patients, though their standard mortality ratio is lower.
Objective To assess outcome after hip fracture in patients ninety years of age and older, as compared with a population of the same age and sex in the United States and younger patients with hip fractures. Design Prospective, consecutive. Setting University teaching hospital. Methods Eight hundred fifty community-dwelling elderly people who sustained an operatively treated hip fracture were prospectively followed up. Main Outcome Measurements The outcomes examined in this study were the patients' in-hospital mortality and postoperative complication rates, hospital length of stay, discharge status, mortality rate, place of residence, ambulatory ability, and independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living twelve months after surgery. Results and Conclusions The mean patient age was 79.7 years (range 65 to 105 years). Seventy-six (8.9 percent) patients were ninety years of age and older. Patients who were ninety years of age and older had significantly longer mean hospital lengths of stay than younger individuals (p = 0.01). People ninety years of age and older were more likely to die during the hospital stay (p = 0.001) and within one year of surgery (p = 0.001). Patients who were ninety years of age and older were more likely to have a decrease in their basic activities of daily living status (p = 0.03) and ambulation level (p = 0.01). Younger individuals had a higher standard mortality ratio (1.48) than did patients who were ninety years of age and older (1.24). Being ninety years of age and older was not predictive of having a postoperative complication, of being placed in a skilled nursing facility at discharge or at one-year follow-up, or recovering of prefracture independence in instrumental activities of daily living.
Shah et al. (Mon,) conducted a cohort in Hip fracture (n=850). Age ≥90 years vs. Younger patients (age <90 years) was evaluated on In-hospital mortality, postoperative complications, hospital length of stay, discharge status, 1-year mortality, and functional outcomes. Being 90 years of age and older was associated with significantly higher in-hospital and 1-year mortality (p=0.001) and longer hospital stays (p=0.01) compared to younger patients with hip fractures.