Development And Internal Validation Of A Prediction Model For In-Hospital Mortality In Geriatric Patients With A Hip Fracture

Objective: To develop and validate a prediction model for in-hospital mortality in patients with hip fracture 85 years of age or older undergoing surgery.Design: A multicenter prospective cohort study.Setting: Six Dutch trauma centers, level 2 and 3.Participants: Patients with hip fracture 85 years of age or older undergoing surgery.Intervention: Hip fracture surgery.Main Outcome Measurements: In-hospital mortality.Results: The development cohort consisted of 1014 patients. Inhospital mortality was 4%. Age, male sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, and hemoglobin levels at presentation were independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. The bootstrap adjusted performance showed good discrimination with a c-statistic of 0.77.Conclusion: Age, male sex, higher American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, and lower hemoglobin levels at presentation are robust independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with geriatric hip fracture and were incorporated in a simple prediction model with good accuracy and no lack of fit.