One-year postoperative resource utilization in sarcopenic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well established that sarcopenic patients are at higher risk of postoperative complications and short-term health care utilization. Less well understood is how these patients fare over the long term after surviving the immediate postoperative period. We explored costs over the first postoperative year among sarcopenic patients.

Methods

We identified 1279 patients in the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative database who underwent inpatient elective surgery at a single institution from 2006-2011. Sarcopenia, defined by gender-stratified tertiles of lean psoas area, was determined from preoperative computed tomography scans using validated analytic morphomics. Data were analyzed to assess sarcopenia's relationship to costs, readmissions, discharge location,

SUBMITTER: Kirk PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4604009 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature