Why the study?
Does geriatric interdisciplinary team care reduce complications in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery compared to usual orthopedic care?
Does geriatric interdisciplinary team care reduce complications in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery compared to usual orthopedic care?
Advanced age, specific comorbidities, and perioperative care factors are significant risk factors for complications after hip fracture surgery in the elderly.
May support interdisciplinary care in elderly hip fracture surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
PURPOSE: The study was to analyze clinical outcomes and risk factors of for complications associated with the hip fracture surgery in the elderly before and after interdisciplinary treatment.METHODS: A retrospective method was used to investigate the general and therapeutic characteristics, frequency of complications and clinical outcomes. The subjects of the study were 553 patients who underwent hip fracture surgery from January, 2009 to December, 2014.RESULTS: The interdisciplinary group was older and less likely to walk independently even before the fracture than a usual care group. The incidence of complications was higher in the interdisciplinary group than the usual care group. The prevalence of complications in both groups was 66.5%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showsed that the risk factors for complications of hip fracture surgery were as follows: advanced age, stroke, Parkinson disease, time interval from emergency room to operation, pre & post ambulatory status, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification quality of postop intensive care unit (ICU) care and foley indwelling.CONCLUSION: This study has implications in that it recognized the necessity for interdisciplinary treatment and provided the basic base data for nursing intervention of the elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery.
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