SNAP-3: characteristics of specific subgroups of older patients undergoing surgery in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The SNAP-3 study reported one in five older surgical patients in the UK were living with frailty and two in three with multimorbidity. We now report characteristics and outcomes of specific subgroups of patients including individuals aged ≥85 yr, undergoing day or inpatient surgery and elective or emergency surgery, and undergoing common specialty procedures including orthopaedics, urology, colorectal surgery, and hip arthroplasty.

Methods

This prospective observational cohort study recruited patients aged ≥60 yr undergoing surgery during five days in March 2022 across 214 UK hospitals. Daycase, inpatient, elective, and emergency surgery was included; minor or superficial surgery was excluded. Data on patient characteristics, frailty, and multimorbidity were colle

SUBMITTER: Swarbrick CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12674025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature