Orthopaedics · Geriatrics · Anaesthesiology

Nottingham Hip Fracture Score calculator

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Clinical inputs

Age

years

Allowed range: 61–110 years

Scored only above 60 years. Under 66 years scores 0 for age, 66 through 85 scores 3, and 86 or older scores 4.

Sex

Admission hemoglobin

g/dL

Allowed range: 3–20 g/dL

One point when hemoglobin is 10 g/dL or lower.

Mini-mental test score 6 or lower out of 10Lives in an institutionTwo or more comorbiditiesMalignancy

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Source: Moppett IK et al. Nottingham Hip Fracture Score: longitudinal and multi-centre assessment. Br J Anaesth. DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes187. PMID: 22728204. Table 1: age under 66 scores 0, 66–85 years scores 3, 86 years or older scores 4; male 1; admission hemoglobin 10 g/dL or lower 1; mini-mental test score 6 or lower out of 10 scores 1; living in an institution 1; two or more comorbidities 1; malignancy 1. The recalibrated 30-day mortality percent is 100 / (1 + e^(5.012 − NHFS × 0.481)). Table 2 prints 0.7, 1.1, 1.7, 2.7, 4.4, 6.9, 11, 16, 24, 34, and 45 percent for scores 0 through 10. (2012)

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Clinical inputs

Age (years)Accepted range: 61 to 110
Sex
Admission hemoglobin (g/dL)Accepted range: 3 to 20
Mini-mental test score 6 or lower out of 10
Lives in an institution
Two or more comorbidities
Malignancy

Primary source

Moppett IK et al. Nottingham Hip Fracture Score: longitudinal and multi-centre assessment. Br J Anaesth. DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes187. PMID: 22728204. Table 1: age under 66 scores 0, 66–85 years scores 3, 86 years or older scores 4; male 1; admission hemoglobin 10 g/dL or lower 1; mini-mental test score 6 or lower out of 10 scores 1; living in an institution 1; two or more comorbidities 1; malignancy 1. The recalibrated 30-day mortality percent is 100 / (1 + e^(5.012 − NHFS × 0.481)). Table 2 prints 0.7, 1.1, 1.7, 2.7, 4.4, 6.9, 11, 16, 24, 34, and 45 percent for scores 0 through 10. (2012)

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