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ABSTRACT: Purpose
To characterise inpatient care, complications, and 4-month mortality following a hip or proximal femur fracture in Spain.Methods
Design: prospective cohort study. Consecutive sample of patients ??50 years old admitted in a representative 45 hospitals for a hip or proximal femur fragility fracture, from June 2014 to June 2016 and followed up for 4 months post-fracture. Patient characteristics, site of fracture, in-patient care (including secondary fracture prevention) and complications, and 4-month mortality are described.Results
A total of 997 subjects (765 women) of mean (standard deviation) age 83.6 (8.4) years were included. Previous history of fracture/s (36.9%) and falls (43%) were common, and 10-year FRAX-estimated major and hip fracture risks were 15.2% (9.0%) and 8.5% (7.6%) respectively. Inter-trochanteric (44.6%) and displaced intra-capsular (28.0%) were the most common fracture sites, and fixation with short intramedullary nail (38.6%) with spinal anaesthesia (75.5%) the most common procedures. Surgery and rehabilitation were initiated within a mean 59.1 (56.7) and 61.9 (55.1) hours respectively, and average length of stay was 11.5 (9.3) days. Antithrombotic and antibiotic prophylaxis were given to 99.8% and 98.2% respectively, whilst only 12.4% received secondary fracture prevention at discharge. Common complications included delirium (36.1 %) and kidney failure (14.1%), with in-hospital and 4-month mortality of 2.1% and 11% respectively.Conclusions
Despite suboptimal surgical delay, post-hip fracture mortality is low in Spanish hospitals. The secondary fracture prevention gap is unacceptably high at >?85%, in spite of virtually universal anti-thrombotic and antibiotic prophylaxis.
SUBMITTER: Prieto-Alhambra D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153683 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prieto-Alhambra Daniel D Reyes Carlen C Sainz Miguel Sanz MS González-Macías Jesús J Delgado Luis Gracia LG Bouzón Cristina Alonso CA Gañan Sarah Mills SM Miedes Damián Mifsut DM Vaquero-Cervino Eduardo E Bardaji Manuel Francisco Bravo MFB Herrando Laura Ezquerra LE Baztán Fátima Brañas FB Ferrer Bartolomé Lladó BL Perez-Coto Ivan I Bueno Gaspar Adrados GA Mora-Fernandez Jesús J Doñate Teresa Espallargas TE Blasco Jorge Martínez-Iñiguez JM Aguado-Maestro Ignacio I Sáez-López Pilar P Doménech Monica Salomó MS Climent-Peris Vicente V Rodríguez Ángel Díez ÁD Sardiñas Humberto Kessel HK Gómez Óscar Tendero ÓT Serra Jordi Teixidor JT Caeiro-Rey José Ramón JR Cano Ignacio Andrés IA Carsi Mariano Barrés MB Etxebarria-Foronda Iñigo I Hernández Juan Dionisio Avilés JDA Solis Juan Rodriguez JR Suau Oscar Torregrosa OT Nogués Xavier X Herrera Antonio A Díez-Perez Adolfo A
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We have characterised 997 hip fracture patients from a representative 45 Spanish hospitals, and followed them up prospectively for up to 4 months. Despite suboptimal surgical delays (average 59.1 hours), in-hospital mortality was lower than in Northern European cohorts. The secondary fracture prevention gap is unacceptably high at 85%.<h4>Purpose</h4>To characterise inpatient care, complications, and 4-month mortality following a hip or proximal femur fracture in Spain.<h4>Methods</h4>Design: pr ...[more]