Authors
Jennifer Watt, Andrea C Tricco, Catherine Talbot-Hamon, Ba’ Pham, Patricia Rios, Agnes Grudniewicz, Camilla Wong, Douglas Sinclair, Sharon E Straus
Publication date
2018/12
Source
BMC medicine
Volume
16
Pages
1-14
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
Elective surgeries can be associated with significant harm to older adults. The present study aimed to identify the prognostic factors associated with the development of postoperative complications among older adults undergoing elective surgery.
Methods
Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and AgeLine were searched for articles published between inception and April 21, 2016. Prospective studies reporting prognostic factors associated with postoperative complications (composite outcome of medical and surgical complications), functional decline, mortality, post-hospitalization discharge destination, and prolonged hospitalization among older adults undergoing elective surgery were included. Study characteristics and prognostic factors associated with the outcomes of interest were extracted …
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Scholar articles
J Watt, AC Tricco, C Talbot-Hamon, B Pham, P Rios… - BMC medicine, 2018