Comorbidities, clinical intercurrences, and factors associated with mortality in elderly patients admitted for a hip fracture

OBJECTIVE: To analyze comorbidities and clinical complications, and to determine the factors associated with mortality rates of elderly patients admitted with a hip fracture in a tertiary public hospital. METHODS: Sixty-seven medical records were reviewed in a retrospective cohort study, including patients equal to or older than 65 years admitted to this institution for hip fracture between January 2014 and December 2014. The evaluated items constituted were the following: interval of time between fracture and hospital admission, time between admission and surgical procedure, comorbidities, clinical complications, type of orthopedic procedure, surgical risk, cardiac risk, and patient outcome. RESULTS: = 0.031). CONCLUSION: Patients with hip fractures generally present comorbidities, are susceptible to clinical complications, and have an 11.9% mortality rate.