Journal
AGING-US
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 7190-7198Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
Keywords
elderly; frailty; orthopedic surgery; mortality
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81771156, 81772126]
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Frailty is identified as an independent risk factor for one-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, and should be routinely assessed in preoperative practice.
Frailty is associated with perioperative adverse outcomes, especially for the elderly. This study aimed to assess whether frailty was an independent risk factor of one-year mortality in frail patients after elective orthopedic surgery. In this prospective study, three hundred and thirteen patients aged >= 65 years, undergoing elective orthopedic surgery were finally included. Frailty assessed by the Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) before the surgery was present in 29.7% (93/313). Among them, 7.7% of patients (24/313) died at one year after surgery. In multivariate logistic analysis, higher CFS (OR = 2.271, 95% CI=1.472-3.504) was found to be an independent risk factor of one-year mortality after surgery in elderly orthopedic patients. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the model was 0.897 (95% CI 0.834-0.959). In addition, we found higher Charlson comorbidity index (OR=1.498, 95% CI = 1.082-2.073) was also a significant risk factor. In conclusion, frailty is associated with increased one-year mortality in elderly patients after elective orthopedic surgery, which should be considered as a routine assessment tool in preoperative practice.
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