Leading Comorbidity associated with 30-day post-anesthetic mortality in geriatric surgical patients in Taiwan: a retrospective study from the health insurance data

Abstract Background Elderly patients with aged physical status and increased underlying disease suffered from more postoperative complication and mortality. We design this retrospective cohort study to investigate the relationship between existing comorbidity of elder patients and 30 day post-anesth...

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Main Authors: Chun-Lin Chu, Hung-Yi Chiou, Wei-Han Chou, Po-Ya Chang, Yi-You Huang, Huei-Ming Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-017-0629-7