Impact of frailty on clinical outcomes and resource use following emergency general surgery in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty has been recognized as an independent risk factor for inferior outcomes, but its effect on emergency general surgery (EGS) is understudied.

Objective

The purpose of the present study was to define the impact of frailty on risk-adjusted mortality, non-home discharge, and readmission following EGS operations.

Methods

Adults undergoing appendectomy, cholecystectomy, small bowel resection, large bowel resection, repair of perforated ulcer, or laparotomy within two days of an urgent admission were identified in the 2016-2017 Nationwide Readmissions Database. Frailty was defined using diagnosis codes corresponding to the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups frailty indicator. Multivariable regression was used to study in-hospital mortality and non-home

SUBMITTER: Hadaya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8301636 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature