Hip Fracture Impact on Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery patIents: a cOhort evaluatioN (Hip VISION): Pilot Study

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged ≥ 18 years with hip fractures (i.e. fractures involving the subcapital, femoral neck, or intertrochanteric regions), treated either operatively or non-operatively
• Mechanism of injury consistent with either:

• A fall from a standing height or;
• Another mechanism of injury which, in the clinical judgment of an orthopedic surgeon, would impart the same or less traumatic energy as a fall from a standing height

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with fractures isolated to the proximal femoral shaft, with no involvement of the intertrochanteric, femoral neck, or subcapital region
• Patients with hip fractures resulting from high energy mechanisms, such as motor vehicle accidents or falls from a substantial height
• Patient who refuse 30-day or 6-month follow up
• Patients who refuse to consent either by themselves or through a substitute decision-maker (for patients unable to consent, we will use a deferred consent process, as described below).