ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2020
Outcomes of vulnerable elderly patients undergoing elective major surgery: a prospective cohort study.
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- The association of intraoperative low driving pressure ventilation and nonhome discharge: a historical cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
- Measuring frailty and its association with key outcomes in the ambulance setting: a cross sectional observational study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Observational
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Abstract
purposeIdentifying patients at risk of postoperative complications and trying to prevent these complications are the essence of preoperative evaluation. While not overtly frail or disabled, vulnerable patients with mild frailty may be missed by routine assessments and may still have a worse postoperative course.
methodsWe performed a prospective cohort study evaluating vulnerability in older patients undergoing elective surgery. Vulnerability was assessed using the Clinical Frailty Scale. Our primary outcome was postoperative hospital length of stay (LOS) and our secondary outcome was non-home hospital discharge. We performed multivariable analyses to assess the association between vulnerability and our primary and secondary outcome.
resultsBetween 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018, 271 older patients with a median [interquartile range (IQR)] age of 72 [69-76] yr underwent frailty assessment prior to surgery. Eighty-eight (32.5%) of the cohort were classified as vulnerable. The median [IQR] duration of hospital LOS was 4 [2-7] days for vulnerable patients, 4 [2-6] days for robust patients, and 7 [3-10] days for frail patients. After adjusting for confounders, hospital LOS was not longer for vulnerable patients than for robust patients, but was associated with a higher rate of non-home discharge (odds ratio, 3.7; 95% confidence interval, 1.1 to 12.9; P = 0.04).
conclusionsVulnerability was not associated with a longer hospital LOS but with higher risk of non-home discharge. Vulnerable patients might benefit from early identification and advanced planning with earlier transfer to rehabilitation centres.
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