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Accuracy of the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity score and the Nottingham risk score in hip fracture patients in Sweden — A prospective observational study
Author(s) -
Jonsson M. H.,
Bentzer P.,
Turkiewicz A.,
Hommel A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/aas.13131
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , receiver operating characteristic , observational study , prospective cohort study , cohort study , risk assessment , surgery , framingham risk score , osteoporosis , computer security , computer science , disease
Background Little is known about accuracy of common risk prediction scores in elderly patients suffering from hip fractures. The objective of this study was to investigate accuracy of the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity ( POSSUM ) score, Portsmouth‐ POSSUM (P‐ POSSUM ) score and the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score ( NHFS ) for prediction of mortality and morbidity in this patient group. Methods This was a prospective single centre observational study on 997 patients suffering out‐of‐hospital cervical, trochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture of the neck of the femur. Calibration and discrimination was assessed by calculating the ratio of observed to expected events (O:E) and areas under receiver operating characteristics curves ( ROC ). Results The 30‐day mortality was 6.2% and complications, as defined by POSSUM , occurred in 41% of the patients. Overall O:E ratios for POSSUM , P‐ POSSUM and NHFS scores for 30‐day mortality were 0.90, 0.98, and 0.79 respectively. The models underestimated mortality in the lower risk bands and overestimated mortality in the higher risk bands. In contrast, POSSUM predicted morbidity well with O:E ratios close to unity in most risk bands. The areas under the ROC curves for the scoring systems was 0.60‐0.67. Conclusion The POSSUM score and NHFS show moderate calibration and poor discrimination in this cohort. The results suggest that mortality and morbidity in hip fracture patients are largely dependent on factors that are not included in these scores.