Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Association between anesthesia technique and death after hip fracture repair for patients with COVID-19
Main finding · E-value, 2.49Result — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 0.61 95% CI 0.21–1.8Authors' conclusion
Anesthesia technique was not associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 undergoing hip fracture surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥ 19 yr) with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection within 14 days preoperatively undergoing hip fracture surgery, ACS NSQIP, January–December 2021of 23,045 hip fracture patients
- Participants
- 331 adults
- Exposure
- Spinal anesthesia (SA) vs general anesthesia (GA) for hip fracture surgery
- SAn = 59
- GAn = 272reference
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
- Follow-up
- 30 days
Methodological detailsmultivariable logistic regression, registry (ACS NSQIP)
- Multivariable logistic regression
- Registry (ACS NSQIP)
Main finding
E-value, 2.49
Adjusted odds ratio
0.61
95% CI 0.21–1.8
Events by group
SA vs GA
aOR 0.61 (95% CI 0.21–1.8)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Association between anesthesia technique and death after hip fracture repair for patients with COVID-19. Can J Anaesth. Published 21 December 2023. doi:10.
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