BMC anesthesiology
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Elderly patients are at high risk for postoperative complications and increased mortality after hip fracture (HF) surgery due to frailty and co-morbidities. The prediction of postoperative outcome could be used for clinical decision making. A reliable score to predict postoperative mortality after HF surgery in this sub-population remains unavailable. ⋯ Neither age, gender, NLR D0 nor CRP D0 are suitable parameters to predict postoperative, intra-hospital mortality in elderly patients undergoing surgery for HF.