Osteoporotic hip fracture-Comorbidities and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in the elderly: A nine-year cohort study in Brazil.
Viviane Cristina Uliana PeterleMaria Rita Carvalho Garbi NovaesPaulo Emiliano Bezerra JuniorJoão Carlos Geber JúniorRodrigo Tinôco Magalhães CavalcanteJurandi Barrozo da Silva JuniorRay Costa PortelaAna Patricia de PaulaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Hip fractures in the elderly due to osteoporosis indicate a relationship between the sicker profile of the aging elderly population and the prevalence of chronic diseases strongly associated with in-hospital infections, contributing to increased mortality. There were fewer early interventions, and mortality was also associated with prolonged postoperative period. The aim of this study was not to compare independent variables with each other, but suggests the relationship between the presence of comorbidities, which predisposes to the development of infections, directly linked to mortality.