Factors predicting one-year post-surgical mortality amongst older Asian patients undergoing moderate to major non-cardiac surgery – a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background While short-term perioperative outcomes have been well studied in Western surgical populations, the aim of this study is to look at the one-year perioperative mortality and its associated factors in an Asian surgical population after non-cardiac surgery. Methods A retrospective c...

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Main Authors: Lydia Q. Liew, Wei Wei Teo, Edwin Seet, Lyn Li Lean, Ambika Paramasivan, Joanna Tan, Irene Lim, Jiexun Wang, Lian Kah Ti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-019-0654-x