Impact of Preexisting Dementia on Mortality, Readmissions, and Complications After Surgical Repair of Hip Fractures: A Cohort Analysis
Spencer T. Rasmussen, Kamal Shaik, Kimberly Dong, Zachary Demetriou, Yale A. Fillingham, Asif M. Ilyas · 2026
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Spencer Rasmussen and colleagues studied whether dementia present before surgery changes outcomes after hip fracture repair in older adults. Using a large research network, they compared patients aged 65 to 90 who had surgery for two common hip fracture types.
The team drew on records for 68,639 patients, matched on age, sex, and other illnesses. They then tracked deaths, readmissions, and complications such as pneumonia and heart failure. Patients with dementia died at nearly twice the rate of others within 90 days of surgery, for both fracture types. Their readmission and complication rates were also clearly higher at every follow-up point out to five years. The authors argue that care plans and family talks should treat dementia as a major risk factor before hip surgery.
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| CREATOR | Spencer T. Rasmussen, Kamal Shaik, Kimberly Dong, Zachary Demetriou, Yale A. Fillingham, Asif M. Ilyas |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |