Postoperative Mortality
Conditions
Keywords
Comorbidity
Brief summary
Peri-operative mortality depends on the patient's co-morbidities. ASA Physical Status (American Society of Anesthesiology) is the most commonly scale to assess this parameter and has yet been repeatedly criticized in the past for its discriminatory power. Few studies have shown both the ASA physical status and the more detailed and more time-consuming Charlson Comorbidity Index to be equivalent in certain patient populations. The purpose of this observational study is to compare the predictive value of both scales with regards to all-cause in-hospital mortality and hospital length of stay.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Days to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1\) All male and female Patients who underwent anesthesia within the study time period (January 2006 and December 2011) in the Charité - University Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine CVK/CCM.
Exclusion criteria
None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients that died after surgery during their hospital stay | 1 year | Electronic patient charts are revised for the complete hospital length of stay for co-morbidities, intra-operative data and post-operative all-cause in-hospital mortality. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital length of stay associated with surgery | 1 year | Electronic patient charts are revised for the complete hospital length of stay for co-morbidities, intra-operative data and post-operative all-cause in-hospital mortality |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed