Medical record weight (MRW): a new reliable predictor of hospital stay, morbidity and mortality in the hip fracture population?

We sought to compare the weight of patient's medical records (MRW) to that of standardised surgical risk scoring systems in predicting postoperative hospital stay, morbidity, and mortality in patients with hip fracture. Patients admitted for surgical treatment of a newly diagnosed hip fracture...

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Published in:Irish medical journal 2016-12, Vol.109 (10), p.481-481
Main Authors: Calpin, P, Taheny, K, Baker, J F, Green, J, McCabe, J P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Health Records, Personal
Hip Fractures - epidemiology
Hip Fractures - mortality
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Length of Stay
Morbidity
Postoperative Complications - diagnosis
Regression Analysis
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Wit and Humor as Topic
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Summary:We sought to compare the weight of patient's medical records (MRW) to that of standardised surgical risk scoring systems in predicting postoperative hospital stay, morbidity, and mortality in patients with hip fracture. Patients admitted for surgical treatment of a newly diagnosed hip fracture over a 3-month period were enrolled. Patients with documented morbidity or mortality had significantly heavier medical records. The MRW was equivalent to the age-adjusted Charlson co-morbidity index and better than the American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status score (ASA), the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM,) and Portsmouth-POSSUM score (P-POSSUM) in correlation with length of hospital admission, p = .003, 95% CI [.15 to .65]. Using logistic regression analysis MRW was as good as, if not better, than the other scoring systems at predicting postoperative morbidity and 90-day mortality. Medical record weight is as good as, or better than, validated surgical risk scoring methods. Larger, multicentre studies are required to validate its use as a surgical risk prediction tool, and it may in future be supplanted by a digital measure of electronic record size. Given its ease of use and low cost, it could easily be used in trauma units globally.
ISSN:0332-3102