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Method and Instrumented Fixture for Femoral Fracture Testing in a Sideways Fall-on-the-Hip Position
Published on: August 17, 2017
Is the mortality higher in patients who have suffered a hip fracture?
N Blanco-Rubio1, J Gómez-Vallejo1, A Torres-Campos1
1Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, España.
Background And Objective:
The aim of this study is to value whether patients who have suffered a hip fracture have a higher mortality than expected.
Material And Methods:
A prospective, observational study was carried out where patients with hip fracture were collected as a sample over a year. The study included 284 patients and a minimum follow-up was 2 years. The mean age of these patients was 84.26 years, with 21.48% (61/284) males and 78.5% (223/284) females. Survival and previous diseases that affect mortality, as risk factors, were collected and analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox regression model. Actual mortality was compared with that expected according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index, adjusted for age.
Results:
Previous pathology was the main mortality factor, with heart disease being the most significant (OR 1.817, CI95%: 1.048; 3.149). The real mortality at one year of the sample was 22.5%, while the estimated annual mortality according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index was 29.68% (CI95%:44,36-15).
Conclusions:
Hip fracture does not cause an increase in mortality according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index estimate.
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