The Effect of an In-Hospital Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment on Short-Term Mortality During Orthogeriatric Hip Fracture Program-Which Patients Benefit the Most?
Hanna M PajulammiHarri K PihlajamäkiTiina H LuukkaalaJanne J JousmäkiPekka H JokipiiMaria S NuotioPublished in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2017)
Several modifiable and patient-related factors were associated with decreased risk of 1-month mortality when CGA was performed during hospitalization for hip fracture. Between "younger and fitter" and "oldest and frailest," there is a large group of hip fracture patients whose survival can be improved by in-hospital CGA.