• Masui · Sep 2000

    [Preoperative complications and intraoperative hemodynamic changes in very old patients with femoral neck fractures].

    • S Kajikawa, M Suzuki, and M Yokoi.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Saiseikai Yokohama-shi Nambu Hospital.
    • Masui. 2000 Sep 1;49(9):995-9.

    AbstractWe compared preoperative complications and intraoperative hemodynamic changes in very old patients, 85 years or older, and those with elderly patients aged 70-84 for hip fracture repair. Spinal anesthesia with 0.25 or 0.5% of bupivacaine was performed except for the patients with dementia and/or deformity of the spinal column. The incidence of cardiac disease and anemia was higher in very old patients than in elder patients, and its odds ratios were 2.29 and 3.10, respectively. There is no difference in intraoperative hemodynamic changes between the two groups. Two patients of very old groups had severe intraoperative complications, heart failure and grave arrhythmia, but other patients underwent the operation without severe complication. In conclusion, even in very old patients with hip fracture, spinal anesthesia was performed safely unless patients had serious diseases preoperatively.

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