Research Article

Usefulness of Serum Cardiac Biomarkers for Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Complications in Acute Hip Fracture: A Prospective Cohort in 20 High Surgical Risk patients with Age over 55 Years

Table 1

Characteristics of study population.

Patients' characteristicsValue

Age, year 79 ± 8
Male gender ◆6 (30)
Body mass index, kg/m221.1 ± 3.7
Femoral neck fracture: Intertrochanteric fracture9  : 11
Injury on right side ◆9 (45)
ASA physical status grade 3  : 415  : 5
Comorbid diseases ◆
 Diabetes4 (20)
 Hypertension14 (70)
 COPD4 (20)
 Ischemic heart disease4 (20)
 Atrial fibrillation3 (15)
 History of stroke4 (20)
 History of malignancy2 (10)
Charlson comorbidity index 4.6 ± 1.4
Preoperative laboratory investigations
 Hemoglobin, g/dL10.8 ± 2.0
 GFR, mL/minute/1.73 m265.4 ± 24.3
 Albumin, g/L32.3 ± 4.2
The time from fracture to surgery, day 2.3 ± 1.5
Intraoperative blood loss, mL 284 ± 282

: values presented as mean ± standard deviation.
◆: values presents as number of cases with those condition (percentage).
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
GFR: glomerular infiltration rate.