Mortality rate of elderly people with fractures and bed rest

For the elderly, their physical constitution is relatively poor and they often suffer from osteoporosis. If they do not pay attention to their daily lives, they may suffer from fractures. After the fracture occurs, long-term bed rest is likely to increase the mortality rate. Through investigation, it is found that 90% of hip fractures are an important cause of death, because during bed rest, the elderly may cause some complications, such as bedsores and so on.

90% of hip fractures are caused by falls. Osteoporosis in the elderly causes increased bone brittleness, and a slight fall may result in a fracture, especially hip fractures, which are the most common. In recent years, the incidence of hip fractures in the elderly has been increasing year by year. Most of the patients in the orthopedic ward of this hospital are 80-90 years old. The main cause of hip fractures is accidental falls, and osteoporosis is one of the important causes of hip fractures after falls in the elderly. Preventing falls and treating osteoporosis are the key to preventing hip fractures in the elderly. Osteoporosis treatment can improve bone strength, enhance muscle strength and reaction sensitivity, and prevent falls. From the perspective of the population suffering from osteoporosis, the majority are elderly women. This is because after women enter menopause, their ovarian function declines and they lose bones faster. The consequence of large-scale bone loss is osteoporosis.

Hip fracture has a high mortality rate within 1 year. Research reports indicate that the mortality rate after hip fracture in the elderly is as high as 50%, while the five-year survival rate is only 20%. Experts explain that the probability of a hip fracture directly leading to a patient's death is very low, but what is really scary is that complications of a hip fracture often lead to death. Studies have shown that the mortality rate is highest within one year of a hip fracture. Rui Yunfeng introduced that hip fractures in the elderly should be treated surgically as early as possible so that patients can get out of bed and move around early, reduce and avoid the occurrence of complications such as fat embolism, aspiration pneumonia, bedsores, urinary tract infections, and restore patients' weight-bearing function as soon as possible.