Predictors of Mortality Up to 1 Year After Emergency Major Abdominal Surgery in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify factors associated with mortality in older adults 30, 180, and 365 days after emergency major abdominal surgery.

Design

A retrospective study linked to Medicare claims from 2000 to 2010.

Setting

Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

Participants

Medicare beneficiaries aged 65.5 enrolled in the HRS from 2000 to 2010 with at least one urgent or emergency major abdominal surgery and a core interview from the HRS within 3 years before surgery.

Measurements

Survival analysis was used to describe all-cause mortality 30, 180, and 365 days after surgery. Complementary log-log regression was used to identify participant characteristics and postoperative events associated with poorer survival.

Results

Four hundred individuals had one of

SUBMITTER: Cooper Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4688175 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature