Advancing age and 30-day adverse outcomes after nonemergent general surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether 30-day postoperative mortality, complications, failure-to-rescue (FTR) rates, and postoperative length of stay increase with advancing age.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Participants

Individuals undergoing nonemergent major general surgeries between 2005 and 2008 were studied (N = 165,600).

Measurements

Postoperative outcomes of interest were complications occurring within 30 days of the index operation, return to the operating room within 30 days, FTR after a postoperative complication, postsurgical length of stay, and 30-day mortality.

Results

Postoperative mortality, overall morbidity, and each

SUBMITTER: Gajdos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4119758 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature