Jia-Shun Wang, Christopher Donkin
The neural implausibility of the diffusion decision model doesn't matter for cognitive psychometrics, but the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model is better
Psychonomic bulletin & review
femoral fractures significantly contribute disability predominantly elderly despite data postoperative pneumonia following femoral fracture surgeries remains sparse study sought explore incidence impact postoperative pneumonia outcomes following surgeries retrospective study analyzed femoral fracture patients hospitalized 2016 2022 scrutinized postoperative outcomes including pneumonia hospital stay duration intensive care unit icu admissions inhospital mortality established stringent diagnostic criteria postoperative pneumonia incorporating clinical signs radiological evidence excluding patients prior infections discharged within 24 h postsurgery statistical analyses involved chisquare ttests linear regression logestic regression using spss 636 patients 108 diagnosed postoperative pneumonia average age 7955 857 years male prevalence 478 common comorbidities hypertension 783 diabetes 609 cardiovascular diseases 406 surgical interventions categorized intramedullary nailing 406 partial hip replacement 377 dynamic hip screw 217 postoperative pneumonia associated older age aor 1053 95 ci 1020 1087 p 0002 icu admission aor 2283 95 ci 1256 4148 p 0007 longer length hospital stay aor 1079 95 ci 1030 1130 p 0001 presence pneumonia associated 2621day increase hospitalization adjusting variables p 0001 95 ci 1454 3789 study accentuates clinical significance postoperative pneumonia femoral fracture patients noted incidence 108 notable association older age prolonged hospital stays icu admissions observed underscoring necessity addressing complication improve patient outcomes healthcare resource allocation