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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(02): 222-230
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768624
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Trauma

Factors Associated with Readmission within 30 Days after Discharge and In-Hospital Mortality after Proximal Femoral Fracture Surgery in the Elderly: Retrospective Cohort[*]

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Alex Fabiano Dias Pinto 
1   Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Clarissa Moreira Teatini 
1   Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar 
2   Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Araranguá, SC, Brasil
,
Amanda Aparecida Oliveira Leopoldino 
2   Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Araranguá, SC, Brasil
,
Isabel Cristina Gomes Moura 
3   Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To evaluate the factors associated with readmission within 30 days after discharge (R30) and in-hospital mortality (IHM) in elderly patients undergoing proximal femur fracture surgery (PFF).

Methods Retrospective cohort with data from 896 medical records of elderly (≥ 60 years) patients submitted to PFF surgery in a Brazilian hospital between November 2014 and December, 2019. The patients included were followed-up from the date of hospitalization for surgery up to 30 days after discharge. As independent variables, we evaluated gender, age, marital status, pre- and postoperative hemoglobin (Hb), international normalized ratio, time of hospitalization related to the surgery, door-surgery time, comorbidities, previous surgeries, use of medications, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score.

Results The incidence of R30 was 10.2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 8.3–12.3%), and the incidence of IHM was 5.7% (95%CI: 4.3–7.4%). Regarding R30, hypertension (odds ratio [OR]: 1.71; 95%CI: 1.03–2.96), and regular use of psychotropic drugs (OR: 1.74; 95%CI: 1.12–2.72) were associated in the adjusted model. In the case of IHM, higher chances were associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) (OR: 5.80; 95%CI: 2.64–12.31), longer hospitalization time (OR: 1.06; 95%CI: 1.01–1.10), and R30 (OR: 3.60; 95%CI: 1.54–7.96). Higher preoperative Hb values were associated with a lower chance of mortality (OR: 0.73; 95%CI: 0.61–0.87).

Conclusion Findings suggest that the occurrence of these outcomes is associated with comorbidities, medications, and Hb.

Keywords

aged - femoral fractures - patient readmission - mortality

* Work developed at the Department of Health Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Araranguá, SC, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 18 February 2022

Accepted: 18 October 2022

Article published online:
25 May 2023

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