Orthogeriatric assessment of patients over 75 years of age with a proximal femur fracture: Predictors of 6-month mortality

Camille Collin , Charlotte Bimou , Christian Mabit , Achille Tchalla (1) , Jean-Louis Charissoux , Pierre-Sylvain Marcheix

1 HAVAE - Handicap, Activité, Vieillissement, Autonomie, Environnement

Proximal femur fractures are common and dangerous in older adults, given the high short-term mortality rate. While surgical treatment is vital, medical orthogeriatric care may reduce the 6-month mortality rate; however, this has not been determined on a broad scale in France. This led us to conduct a retrospective study to answer the following questions: (1) Does delayed surgical treatment impact the 6-month mortality rate? (2) Are there correctable medical factors that impact the 6-month mortality?

Mots clés: Comorbidities; Elderly patients; Hip fractures; Mortality at 6 months; Risk factors

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Camille Collin, Charlotte Bimou, Christian Mabit, Achille Tchalla, Jean-Louis Charissoux, et al.. Orthogeriatric assessment of patients over 75 years of age with a proximal femur fracture: Predictors of 6-month mortality. Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research, 2020, 106 (7), pp.1441-1447. ⟨10.1016/j.otsr.2020.06.017⟩. ⟨hal-03226924⟩