Open AccessHow Common—and How Serious— Is Clostridium difficile Colitis After Geriatric Hip Fracture? Findings from the NSQIP Dataset
Author(s) -
Patawut Bovonratwet,
Daniel D. Bohl,
Glenn S. Russo,
Nathaniel T. Ondeck,
Denis Nam,
Craig J. Della Valle,
Jonathan N. Grauer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000099
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile colitis , incidence (geometry) , hip fracture , clostridium difficile , colitis , perioperative , colectomy , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pseudomembranous colitis , ulcerative colitis , antibiotics , osteoporosis , physics , optics , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Patients with geriatric hip fractures may be at increased risk for postoperative Clostridium difficile colitis, which can cause severe morbidity and can influence hospital quality metrics. However, to our knowledge, no large database study has calculated the incidence of, factors associated with, and effect of C. difficile colitis on geriatric patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.