Dementia is associated with increased mortality and poor patient-centered outcomes after vascular surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dementia has been associated with increased complications and mortality in orthopedics and other surgical specialties, but has received limited attention in vascular surgery. Therefore, we evaluated the association of dementia with surgical outcomes for elderly patients with Medicare who underwent a variety of open and percutaneous vascular surgery procedures.

Methods

We reviewed claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part A fee-for-service insurance from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011, who underwent inpatient vascular surgery. Only the first surgery during the first admission was considered for analysis. Traditional outcomes (30- and 90-day mortality, intensive care admission, complications, le

SUBMITTER: Shah SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9683635 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature