Variables to Predict Mortality in Hip Fractures in Patients Over 65 Years of Age: A Study on the Role of Anticoagulation as a Risk Factor

J Trauma Nurs. 2017 Sep/Oct;24(5):326-334. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000313.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the possible relationship between the consumption of dicoumarinic agents (understanding the consumption of acenocoumarol as regulated and monitored anticoagulation) and the mortality rate in people older than 65 years undergoing a hip fracture (HF) intervention. It was a retrospective, observational and descriptive study. Nine hundred fifty-seven patients were included who underwent an intervention for HF between the years 2012 and 2014 in a third-level hospital. Patients took acenocoumarol (16.1%), which compared with nonanticoagulated patients took longer in receiving intervention, they remained hospitalized for more days, and they presented greater mortality within the first year after the intervention. Likewise, those who presented greater risk according to the classification system used by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) to estimate the risk of anesthesia for the different states of the patients who were anticoagulated also suffered greater mortality. The next factors increased the mortality in the first year: advanced age, delayed surgery, male sex, need for transfusion, high international normalized ratio, consumption of acenocoumarol, and a high ASA risk. We concluded the consumption of acenocoumarol increased the risk of mortality within the first year after surgery in 1.3 of possible cases. Other risk factors that also independently increased the risk of mortality included advanced age, male sex, delayed surgery, the need for transfusions, and surgical risk (for high levels in the ASA classification).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Acenocoumarol / administration & dosage
  • Acenocoumarol / adverse effects
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Cause of Death*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods*
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / mortality
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Hip Fractures / diagnosis
  • Hip Fractures / drug therapy
  • Hip Fractures / mortality*
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Reference Values
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sex Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Acenocoumarol