The Attributable Mortality of Postoperative Bleeding Exceeds the Attributable Mortality of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bleeding and venous thromboembolic disease are considered important sources of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Clinically, treatment of these 2 disorders is often competing. We sought to better understand the relative contributions of bleeding and venous thromboembolic disease to postoperative attributable mortality in a national cohort.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of the 2006-2017 American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was performed to assess the adjusted odds ratio and attributable mortality for postoperative bleeding and venous thromboembolism, adjusted by year.

Results

After adjustment for confounding variables, bleeding exhibited a high postoperative attributable mortality in every y

SUBMITTER: Bellomy ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736094 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature