Ji HM, et al. - This study was performed in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery to investigate the potential link between American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), red cell distribution width (RDW) and grip strength and predictive ability of RDW plus grip strength for early postoperative complication. In elderly patients operated for fragility hip fracture, prediction of early postoperative complications can be done efficiently and in a clinically relevant manner by combining RDW and grip strength measures. In addition, due to the objectivity and availability of those two approaches, patient care, and functional outcomes are expected to be improved by adopting these measures in the clinical setting.