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What framework or risk assessment tool is most effective in determining surgical or palliative management of acute hip fracture after a fall in an elderly patient with co-morbidities and poor functional status?

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What risk assessment tool would you use to determine surgical or palliative management of acute hip fracture after a fall in an elderly patient with co-morbidities and poor functional status?

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Geriatric Medicine · Brigham and Women's Hospital
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I have found the NSQIP calculator to be the most useful in situations of acute hip fractures in elderly patients.

In particular, it looks at more than just cardiac risk perioperatively - it examines functional, pulmonary, and ICU risks. They incorporate a number of co-morbidities and functional stat...

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