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OBJECTIVE To explore the risk factors of lung infection in eldly paitents with hip fracture(≥80 years).METHODS A total of 119 cases of hip fracture treating with surgery from Jan 2004 to Jan 2007 were analyzed retrospectively.RESULTS There were 36 cases of hospital lung infection(infection rate of 30.25%) and 7 death cases(19.44%).It was found that senior age,invasive operation,abuse of antibiotics and previous history involved were the main factors causing hospital lung infection.CONCLUSIONS The effective measures to reduce hospital lung infection among elderly patients with hip fracture include environment management and infection monitoring,strictly hand-washing,cross-infection prevention,rational antibiotics usage and active treatment of underlying diseases.