Incidencia de fracturas de cadera en pacientes adultos mayores en el Hospital Isidro Ayora de la ciudad de Loja, durante el período enero de 2014 a diciembre de 2017.

Abstract

Abstract:Hip fracture constitutes a public health problem due to its high morbidity and mortality and the great impact it has on the quality of life of the elderly. In order to determine the cumulative incidence of hip fractures in older adults in our setting, this descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out by analyzing the medical records of patients older than 65 years with a diagnosis of hip fracture. Registered at the Hospital Expenditure Yearbook of the Isidro Ayora General Hospital in the city of Loja, during the period January 2014-December 2017. Of the 119 medical records analyzed, a cumulative incidence of 0.06357143% was obtained, with an average age of 84.95 years (66.39% women). 73.9% of patients received surgical treatment with a mean pre-surgical stay of 10.66 days and a mean total hospital stay for the entire study group of 12.16 days. 49.57% had at least one pre-existing comorbidity upon admission, the most frequent being arterial hypertension (46.20%)