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Characterization of comorbid factors in hip fracture related in-hospital mortality.

It is important to delineate factors which influence in-hospital mortality rates following a hip fracture. The current study aimed to identify the nature and frequency of comorbidities prevalent in this patient cohort. A retrospective chart review of cases of in-patient mortality following admission for a hip fracture was performed. These cases (n=127) were characterized for comorbidities, complications, medical status indicators, and other contributory factors. Cardiovascular 104 (81.9%), respiratory 66 (52.0%), genitourinary 41 (32.3%), psychiatric 41 (32.3%), vascular 40 (31.5%), and gastrointestinal 40 (31.5%), are the physiological systems, most commonly associated with comorbidity amongst hip fracture patients who succumb to in-hospital mortality. Renal failure, pneumonia, sepsis, myocardial infarction, congestive cardiac failure (CCF), respiratory failure, and Clostridium difficile infection are conditions which are associated with postoperative complications leading to in-patient mortality. Analysis of medical status indicators illustrated an inverse correlation between ASA scores and postoperative survival time, in this cohort-of hip fracture patients (R2 = 0.9485).

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