title: Are albumin and total lymphocyte count significant and reliable predictors of mortality in fractured neck of femur patients?
abstract: Hip fractures are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in the elderly. It is important to identify factors that predict an increased mortality following hip fracture. The aim of this study was to identify significant predictors of mortality at 6 and 12 months following hip fractures. Three hundred patients above the age of 65 were identified who were admitted in to the hospital with fracture neck of femur. Two hundred and seventy-four patients were operated and were included into the study. Variables collected were age, gender, significant comorbidities, admission albumin level and admission total lymphocyte count (TLC). Admission time and subsequent time to surgery were also analysed. Our study showed that albumin and TLC were found to be the only clearly significant mortality predictors at 12 months and a delay of up to 4 days to surgery does not significantly increase the mortality at 12 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, Wigan, UK, drvjeet@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Vishwajeet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alva
authors.forename: Sudheer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akkena
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Philip N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clough
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D061665:Time-to-Treatment
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin