An investigation of the change in inflammation marker levels across hip fracture surgery and an exploration of any association with change in self reported health status and incidence of postoperative delirium
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
Surgery for primary hip fracture requiring general or neuro-axial anaesthesia
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGCytokine dynamics
Difference preoperative serum cytokine levels and postoperative serum cytokine levels in pg/mL.
Time frame: 2 days
Incidence of postoperative delirium
Assessment for presence or absence of delirium during the post operative period.
Time frame: 5 days
Self reported health related quality of Life
Assessed preoperatively and again at approximately 120 days after surgery using the EuroQol Five Dimension Five level (EQ-5D-5L) tool. The tool assesses on five aspects of health (Dimensions) and each dimension has five possible levels. The tool also has a visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (poorest) to 100 (best health)
Time frame: 120 days
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