Journal article
The association between preoperative modified frailty index and postoperative complications in Chinese elderly patients with hip fractures
Abstract
ObjectivesTo investigate the role of a preoperative modified frailty index (mFI) based on data from medical records in predicting postoperative complications among older Chinese patients with hip fractures.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included consecutive older patients with hip fracture admitted to the Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, from December 2010 to June 2017 who underwent surgical repair. …
Authors
Shen Y; Hao Q; Wang Y; Chen X; Jiang J; Dong B; Guyatt G
Journal
BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 21, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2021
DOI
10.1186/s12877-021-02330-7
ISSN
1471-2318