Association of Complex Multimorbidity and Long-term Survival After Emergency General Surgery in Older Patients With Medicare.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although nearly 1 million older patients are admitted for emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions yearly, long-term survival after these acute diseases is not well characterized. Many older patients with EGS conditions have preexisting complex multimorbidity defined as the co-occurrence of at least 2 of 3 key domains: chronic conditions, functional limitations, and geriatric syndromes. The hypothesis was that specific multimorbidity domain combinations are associated with differential long-term mortality after patient admission with EGS conditions.

Objective

To examine multimorbidity domain combinations associated with increased long-term mortality after patient admission with EGS conditions.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included c

SUBMITTER: Ho VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9047756 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature