Geriatric Events Among Older Adults Undergoing Non-Elective Surgery are Associated with Poor Outcomes

Older adults undergoing non-elective surgery are at risk for geriatric events (GEs: delirium, dehydration, falls/fractures, failure to thrive, pressure ulcers), but the impact of GEs on postoperative outcomes is unclear. Using the 2013-2014 National Inpatient Sample, we analyzed non-elective hospita...

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Published in:Am Surg
Main Authors: Dworsky, Jill Q., Childers, Christopher P., Copeland, Timothy, Maggard-Gibbons, Melinda, Tan, Hung-Jui, Saliba, Debra, Russell, Marcia M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019520/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31657300
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