Open AccessPreoperative Echocardiography for Patients With Hip Fractures Undergoing Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Nationwide Database
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Yonekura,
Kazuki Ide,
Yoshika Onishi,
Isao Nahara,
Chikashi Takeda,
Koji Kawakami
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003888
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , confidence interval , intensive care unit , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , hip fracture , cohort , surgery , cohort study , osteoporosis , physics , optics
The effect of preoperative transthoracic echocardiography on the clinical outcomes of patients with hip fractures undergoing surgical treatment remains controversial. We hypothesized that preoperative echocardiography is associated with reduced postoperative morbidity and improved patient survival after surgical repair of hip fractures.