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 2

In-hospital complications and postoperative complications after discharge during 6-month followup period.

ComplicationsIn-hospital0-3 months4-6 monthsp-value

Overall ◆1220<0.0001
Cardiac complications ◆
 Total5100.033
 CHF3100.647
 Cardiac arrhythmia200
 Unstable angina100
Non-cardiac complications ◆
 Total7110.009
 Infection3110.536
 Renal300
 VTE300
 Delirium200

◆: no. of patients having that complication; : significant difference with p<0.05.
CHF: congestive heart failure; VTE: venous thromboembolism.