Postoperative Complications
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients aged eighty years or older, both gender, at the time of the surgical procedure; patients undergoing elective urgent or emergency surgical procedures requiring hospital admission; patients treated at private hospitals of the Rede D Or network located in the state of São Paulo
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: age younger than eighty years at the time of surgery; same day hospital discharge after the surgical procedure; patients undergoing exclusively diagnostic procedures such as upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, or coronary catheterization; electronic medical records with incomplete, inconsistent, or unavailable data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In-hospital mortality within 30 days after the surgical procedure in very elderly patients (aged 80 years and older). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association between demographic, clinical, and perioperative characteristics and the risk of in-hospital death; comparison of mortality across surgical categories (elective versus urgent or emergency) and surgical specialties; relationship between length of hospital stay and postoperative mortality; occurrence of perioperative complications associated with death; need for postoperative admission to an intensive care unit. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A.