Does abnormal Mini-Cog be Associated with Higher Risk of Complications and Delirium in Geriatric Patients with Fracture?
The Mini-Cog examination is a quick, easily administered screening test for cognitive impairment that is useful in identifying high-risk geriatric patients with fracture. With this tool, we found more than one-third of our elderly patients with fracture were cognitively impaired at the time of admission. These patients had higher rates of in-hospital complications and a trend toward early mortality.
Lower eGFR at the time of admission could be an independent predictor for mortality of acute heart failure.