Perioperative and anesthesia-related cardiac arrests in geriatric patients: a systematic review using meta-regression analysis.

ABSTRACT: The worldwide population is aging, and the number of surgeries performed in geriatric patients is increasing. This systematic review evaluated anesthetic procedures to assess global data on perioperative and anesthesia-related cardiac arrest (CA) rates in geriatric surgical patients. Available data on perioperative and anesthesia-related CA rates over time and by the country's Human Development Index (HDI) were evaluated by meta-regression, and a pooled analysis of proportions was used to compare perioperative and anesthesia-related CA rates by HDI and time period. The meta-regression showed that perioperative CA rates did not change significantly over time or by HDI, whereas anesthesia-related CA rates decreased over time (P = 0.04) and in high-HDI (P = 0.015). Perioperative and anesthesi

SUBMITTER: Braghiroli KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5453984 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature