Brain Natriuretic Peptide levels on hospital admission are a useful predictor of cardiac complications and mortality in geriatric patients with proximal femur fractures.

Purpose: Proximal femur fractures in geriatric patients are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study investigates Brain Natriuretic Peptide immunoassay levels taken at the time of hospital admission in predicting cardiac complications and mortality in geriatric patients with a proximal femur fracture.

Methods: A single-site prospective cohort study at a large tertiary care, level 1 trauma centre was conducted on all consecutive geriatric patients aged greater than 60 years who sustained a proximal femur fracture.