The mortality burden in patients with hip fractures and dementia.
Ioannis IoannidisAhmad Mohammad IsmailMaximilian Peter ForsstenRebecka AhlYang CaoTomas BorgShahin MohseniPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)
Hip fracture patients with dementia have a higher risk of death in the first 30 days postoperatively, with a substantially higher risk of mortality due to cardiovascular, respiratory, and cerebrovascular events, compared to patients without dementia.