Identifying older adults at risk of harm following elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elective surgeries can be associated with significant harm to older adults. The present study aimed to identify the prognostic factors associated with the development of postoperative complications among older adults undergoing elective surgery.

Methods

Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and AgeLine were searched for articles published between inception and April 21, 2016. Prospective studies reporting prognostic factors associated with postoperative complications (composite outcome of medical and surgical complications), functional decline, mortality, post-hospitalization discharge destination, and prolonged hospitalization among older adults undergoing elective surgery were included. Study characteristics and prognostic fact

SUBMITTER: Watt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765656 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature