Allogeneic red blood cell transfusion is an independent risk factor for 1-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing femoral neck fracture surgery: Retrospective study

This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for ABT and 1-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing surgery for femoral neck fracture. A total of 225 elderly patients who underwent femoral neck fracture surgery between May 2013 and November 2015 at a tertiary medical center were retrospectively recruited. Medical records were analyzed. The median patient age was 80 years and 28.4% were men. A total of 113 patients received ABT (50.2%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that female sex (odds ratio [OR] 2.606, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.283–5.295, P = .008), malignancy (OR 5.098, 95% CI 1.725–15.061, P = .003), chronic kidney disease stage ≥ 3 (OR 3.258, 95% CI 1.603–6.622, P = .001), and anemia (hemoglobin 
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research