Perioperative urinary retention, short-term functional outcome and mortality rates of elderly hip fracture patients.

Aim: Perioperative urinary retention (POUR) is common among hip fracture patients. The aim of the present study was to compare the prevalence, risk factors, functional outcomes and survival rates of patients with and without POUR.

Methods: This was a retrospective chart review study that was carried out in an orthogeriatric hip fracture unit.

Increased 1-year mortality rates among elderly hip fracture patients with atrial fibrillation.

Background And Aims: Prediction of factors associated with survival following hip fracture is important. We studied crude and adjusted survival rates in elderly hip fracture patients with and without atrial fibrillation (AF) to assess possible risk of death associated with AF.

Methods: A historical prospective cohort study, comprising 1114 consecutive patients with hip fractures.

Atrial fibrillation is not associated with rehabilitation outcomes of elderly hip fracture patients.

Aim: To study possible differences in rehabilitation outcomes of patients with hip fracture, with and without atrial fibrillation.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study comprising 1114 patients, divided into three groups: patients with sinus rhythm, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or chronic atrial fibrillation. All patients underwent a standard orthogeriatric care comprising surgical hip repair and a rehabilitation course.

[The bacteriological profile of bacteriuria in residents of a long-term geriatric facility].

Background: Little is known on the bacteriological profile of consecutive urine samples in elderly patients institutionalized in nursing homes.

Aim: This retrospective study aims to characterize urinary pathogens, rates of isolation of the same pathogen in subsequent urine samples and predicting factors associated with such repeated isolations. Data were retrospectively retrieved from medical charts of nursing home patients during a four-year period.

Body mass index (BMI), body composition and mortality of nursing home elderly residents.

The body mass index (BMI) is a key marker of nutritional status among older patients, but does not reflect changes in body composition, The aim of the present study was to investigate BMI levels and body composition in a sample of disabled nursing home residents, and to study possible interrelations between BMI, fat-free body mass (FFM), body fat mass (BFM), skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and 1-year mortality rates. FFM and SMM were assessed by 24-h urine creatinine excretion and BFM as the difference between BMI and FFM. We calculated relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR) of 1-year mortality, associated with different levels of BMI, FFM index (where index=value/height(2)), SMM index and BFM index in 82 disabled institutionalized elderly patients.

The association between psychotropic medication use and functional outcome of elderly hip-fracture patients undergoing rehabilitation.

Objective: To study the interrelations between use of psychotropic medications and functional outcomes of elderly hip fracture patients undergoing rehabilitation.

Design: A retrospective parallel group study.

Setting: A geriatric rehabilitation department in a large urban academic hospital.