Risk of Delayed Discharge and Reoperation of Gastric Bypass Patients with Psychiatric Comorbidity-a Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastric bypass (GBP) surgery is considered a safe and effective treatment for obesity. However, there is uncertainty regarding the impact of preexisting psychiatric comorbidity on GBP complications. We have investigated whether a psychiatric diagnosis before GBP surgery is associated with delayed discharge (the odds of being in the 90th percentile of length of stay) and rate of reoperation in a nationwide Swedish cohort.

Methods

Patients undergoing GBP surgery during 2008-2012 were identified and followed up through the National Patient Register and the Prescribed Drug Register. Logistic regression models were fitted to the studied outcomes.

Results

Among the 22,539 patients identified, a prior diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, neuro

SUBMITTER: Lagerros YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260256 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature