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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Several comorbidities are associated with an increased risk for early readmission after hip fracture surgery, according to a study recently published in Injury<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Tero T. Yli-Kyyny, M.D., from Kuopio University Hospital in Finland, and colleagues analyzed a nationwide database with 68,800 hip fracture patients treated between 1999 and 2011. The authors sought to evaluate the associations between readmissions and comorbidities, fracture types, hospital type, and treatment methods.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that early readmission (within three months) for hip fracture surgery complications occurred at a rate of 4.6 percent. There was an increased risk for readmission among patients with heavy alcoholism (hazard ratio [HR], 1.38), Parkinson’s disease (HR, 1.22), preexisting osteoarthritis (HR, 2.02), and rheumatic disease (HR, 1.44). Readmission was also higher among those with a fracture of the femur neck, depression, presence of a psychotic disorder, an operative delay of at least three days, or previous treatment with total hip arthroplasty.<\/p>\n
“We suggest that in the presence of these factors, the surgical treatment method and postoperative protocol should be carefully planned and performed,” the authors write.<\/p>\n