Impact of malnutrition on 12-month mortality following acute hip fracture

• Published in: ANZ journal of surgery Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 157 - 161
• Main Authors: Bell, Jack J., Pulle, Ranjeev C., Crouch, Alisa M., Kuys, Suzanne S., Ferrier, Rebecca L., Whitehouse, Sarah L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01.03.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cause of Death; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Delirium; Embolisms; Female; Fractures; Health risk assessment; hip fractures; Hip Fractures - mortality; Hip joint; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - mortality; Middle Aged; Mortality; Postoperative Complications; pulmonary embolism; Queensland - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery; aged; mortality; malnutrition; hip fractures; pulmonary embolism

Background Studies investigating the relationship between malnutrition and post‐discharge mortality following acute hip fracture yield conflicting results. This study aimed to determine whether malnutrition independently predicted 12‐month post‐fracture mortality after adjusting for clinically relev...