Short-term perioperative all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, but this excess CVD burden in the perioperative setting is yet to be determined. We aimed to determine the risk of perioperative short-term all-cause mortality and CVD events among women with SLE compared to those without SLE.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of pooled hospital discharge data of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1998-2002. We abstracted diseases and procedures using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. The principal procedure was categorized into either a low, intermediate, or high risk level. Survey logistic regression adjusting for potential confounders provided estima

SUBMITTER: Yazdanyar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3674177 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature