Análisis de la morbi-mortalidad de pacientes nonagenarios con fractura de cadera y elaboración de un plan de cuidados específicos durante la hospitalización

Abstract

Hip fracture is one of the main causes of morbidity, mortality, and functional deterioration in the elderly, often causing a negative impact on quality of life and with important clinical repercussion. The incidence of hip fracture is on the rise, observing as a counterpart to the increasein life expectancy a higher incidence of age-related pathologies, such as bone fragility which predisposes to more fractures. In recent years, with the increase in life expectancy, more and more nonagenarian patients are being treated in the Orthopedics units, which entails a more complex management, frequently observing more complications during admission compared to other patients of geriatric age. Thismay affect surgical delay, hospital stay and the onset of functional recovery. Currently there are protocols for geriatric patient care in Orthopedics units that seek to reduce morbidity and mortality after having suffered a hip fracture, with few described in literature regarding nonagenarians, which opens the field of research to include them in these studies and see if there are differences with respect to other age groups...