Postoperative Pressure Ulcers After Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery Are Predicted by Defined Preoperative Comorbidities and Postoperative Complications.
Galivanche AR, Kebaish KJ, Adrados M, Ottesen TD, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Postoperative Pressure Ulcers After Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery Are Predicted by Defined Preoperative Comorbidities and Postoperative Complications. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2020, 28: 342-351. PMID: 31567615, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative pressure ulcersHip fracture surgeryPostoperative complicationsPressure ulcersRisk factorsPreoperative comorbiditiesFracture surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseGeriatric hip fracture patientsGeriatric hip fracture surgeryQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate regressionNSQIP Participant Use FilePreoperative risk factorsHip fracture patientsImprovement Program databaseUrinary tract infectionElevated platelet countInsulin-dependent diabetesParticipant Use FilePressure ulcer developmentQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative deliriumPostoperative pneumonia