Abstract:[Objective] To investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of in-hospital death in patients ≥80 years after surgery for hip fractures. [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 725 patients aged ≥80 years who underwent surgical treatment for hip fractures in People's Hospital of Liaocheng City from October 2019 to March 2024. They were divided into the death group and the survival group according to whether death occurred during hospitalization. Univariate comparison and multiple logistic regression were used to analyze the risk factors for the in-hospital death. [Results] Of the 725 patients, 24 died in hospital, accounting for 3.3% with immediate death causes of pulmonary infection [14 (58.3%)] and acute myocardial infarction [4 (16.7%)]. As results of univariate comparison, there were statistically significant differences between the death group and the survival group in the following items: gender [n, male/female, (15/ 9) vs (196/505), P 0.001], ADL scores before injury [(4.7±0.9) vs (5.4±1.1), P 0.001], damage energy [low/medium/high, (0/21/3) vs (6/679/ 16), P 0.036], coexisting chronic pulmonary disease [n (%) 8 (33.3)vs 115 (16.4), P 0.047], leukocyte level [(9.6±2.4) 109 /L vs (8.4±2.8) 109 / L, P 0.042], albumin [(32.8±4.1) g/L vs (34.5±4.2) g/L, P 0.047], urea [(10.3±7.6) mmol/L vs (6.8±3.2) mmol/L, P 0.035], oxygen saturation before operation [(92.4±6.5)% vs (95.2±4.3)%, P 0.047], intraoperative blood transfusion [n (%) 6 (25) vs 71 (10.1), P 0.033], and postoperative ICU stay [n (%) 16 (66.7) vs 32 (4.6), P 0.001]. Regarding multivariate logistic regression analysis, the male (OR=3.202,P= 0.023), high preoperative creatinine (OR=1.013,P=0.002) and postoperative ICU stay (OR=51.892, P<0.001) were the independent risk factors for in-hospital death in elderly patients ≥80 years old after operation for hip fractures. [Conclusion] Pulmonary infection is the main direct cause of in-hospital death in elderly patients after surgery for hip fractures. In addition, male gender, high preoperative creatinine and postoperative ICU stay are independent risk factors for the in-hospital death.