Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of orthogeriatric co-management of hip fractures at a regional core hospital.
Methods: This study included patients with proximal hip fracture. Patients were divided into two groups, conventional multidisciplinary group I including patients attending the hospital between April 2015 and March 2016 and orthogeriatric group II including patients attending the hospital between April 2016 and March 2017, which were compared retrospectively. In the control group, the conventional multidisciplinary team treated patients as whole-body controls. In the intervention group, the newly recruited geriatricians performed physical examinations, laboratory tests, radioactive imaging, and physiological tests. Furthermore, they consulted ward pharmacists, rigorously conducted positive polypharmacy interventions , and evaluated the type and number of mediated drugs on admission.
Results: The number of medicated drugs significantly decreased from 6.03 ± 4.3 on admission to 5.50 ± 3.59 on discharge in group II, whereas group I did not show a significant decrease. Despite the more number of hospitalized patients in group II (166 patients) than in group I (126 patients), the recovery rate from postoperative urinary retention increased significantly from 57.8% (19/30) in group I to 84.3% (32/59) in group II (p = 0.049), while the incidence of aspiration pneumonia decreased from 7.1% (9/126) in group I to 2.49% (4/166) in group II (p = 0.08). The patients received six or more prescribed drugs on admission, and the number remained constant. However, the number of medicated drugs on discharge showed a marginally significant decrease from 6.03 ± 4.3 in group I to 5.50 ± 3.59 in group II (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Compared to the conventional multidisciplinary group, the orthogeriatric team contributed to reducing the number of multi-effect drugs and perioperative complications without negatively affecting mortality despite the increased number of patients. The in-hospital mortality rate did not change between the groups. The orthogeriatric program succeeded in preventing and treating perioperative complications.
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