Complications Associated With Mortality in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attributing causes of postoperative mortality is challenging, as death may be multifactorial. A better understanding of complications that occur in patients who die is important, as it allows clinicians to focus on the most impactful complications. We sought to determine the postoperative complications with the strongest independent association with 30-day mortality.

Methods

Data were obtained from the 2012-2013 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Participant Use Data Files. All inpatient or admit day of surgery cases were eligible for inclusion in this study. A multivariable least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis was used to adjust for patient pre- and intraoperative risk factors for mortality. Attributable mortality was cal

SUBMITTER: Freundlich RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6150605 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature