Peri-interventional outcome study in the elderly in Europe: A 30-day prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to describe the 30-day mortality rate of patients aged 80 years and older undergoing surgical and nonsurgical procedures under anaesthesia in Europe and to identify risk factors associated with mortality.

Design

A prospective cohort study.

Setting

European multicentre study, performed from October 2017 to December 2018. Centres committed to a 30-day recruitment period within the study period.

Patients

Nine thousand four hundred and ninety-seven consecutively recruited patients aged 80 years and older undergoing any kind of surgical or nonsurgical procedures under anaesthesia.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was all-cause mortality within 30 days after procedure described by Kaplan-Meier curves with 95% CI. R

SUBMITTER: POSE-Study group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8815832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature