Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Publish Ahead of Print DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001187 Using a Validated Middle-Age and Geriatric Risk Tool to Identify Early (<48hr) Hospital Mortality and Associated Cost of Care Ariana Lott, BA; Jack Haglin, BS; Hesham Saleh, MD; Jordan Hall, BS; Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Sanjit R. Konda, MD NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA Investigation performed at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, NY 11418 Corresponding Author: Sanjit R. Konda, MD Department of Orthopedic Surgery NYU Langone Medical Center 301 East 17 th Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: 718-206-6957 Fax: 718-206-8675 Sanjit.konda@nyumc.org Presented as a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, October 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Conflicts of Interests and Disclosures: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest of interest related to the research or the manuscript. Authorship has been granted only to those individuals who have contributed substantially to the research or manuscript. No sources of funding have been granted for this study. The only disclosure for this study is that Kenneth Egol, MD is a consultant for Exactech. ACCEPTED Copyright Ó 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.