Association Between Patient Frailty and Postoperative Mortality Across Multiple Noncardiac Surgical Specialties.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Frailty is an important risk factor for postoperative mortality. Whether the association between frailty and mortality is consistent across all surgical specialties, especially those predominantly performing lower stress procedures, remains unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between frailty and postoperative mortality across surgical specialties.

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study was conducted across 9 noncardiac specialties in hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2014, using multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the association between fra

SUBMITTER: George EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature