Association of Preoperative Frailty and Operative Stress With Mortality After Elective vs Emergency Surgery

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2010358. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10358.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether preoperative patient frailty and operative stress are associated with postoperative mortality for patients undergoing elective vs emergent surgical procedures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Elective Surgical Procedures / mortality*
  • Emergency Treatment / mortality*
  • Female
  • Frailty / mortality*
  • Frailty / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress, Physiological*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / mortality*