Effect of comorbidities and postoperative complications on mortality after hip fracture in elderly people: prospective observational cohort study

To evaluate postoperative medical complications and the association between these complications and mortality at 30 days and one year after surgery for hip fracture and to examine the association between preoperative comorbidity and the risk of postoperative complications and mortality.

Prospective observational cohort study.

University teaching hospital.

2448 consecutive patients admitted with an acute hip fracture over a four year period. We excluded 358 patients: all those aged