Key result
Delirium associated with hip surgery is an important unmeasured factor contributing to mortality that limits conclusions regarding the comparative safety of general versus regional anesthesia.
Why the study?
Does general and combined anesthesia compared with regional anesthesia affect mortality and delirium in adults undergoing hip fracture surgery?
Does general and combined anesthesia compared with regional anesthesia affect mortality and delirium in adults undergoing hip fracture surgery?
Delirium is an important factor to consider when evaluating the comparative safety of different anesthesia types for hip fracture surgery.
Patorno and colleagues’ large database study highlights the comparative safety of general and combined routes of anesthesia compared with regional anesthesia for hip fracture surgery in adults.1 However, the findings would have been more robust if an important factor that contributes to mortality—delirium associated with hip surgery—had been included. The authors acknowledge the lack …
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Nitin Gupta (2014) studied this question. Delirium associated with hip surgery is an important unmeasured factor contributing to mortality that limits conclusions regarding the comparative safety of general versus regional anesthesia.
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