Meng-Ya Ruan

Preoperative lung ultrasound score and multifactorial predictors of 1-year mortality in geriatric hip fracture patients with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Preoperative pneumonia severity independently predicts postoperative mortality in elderly hip fracture patients, yet accurate assessment remains challenging. This study evaluated lung ultrasound score (LUS) for predicting 1-year mortality and compared its pred...