2020
DOI: 10.14744/tjtes.2020.90914
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Emergency surgery in geriatrics: A retrospective evaluation in a single center

Abstract: BACKGROUND:As life expectancy increases in humans, surgical procedures applied to the elderly people are also increasing in parallel with the developments in surgery and postoperative care. A significant number of studies investigating the morbidity-mortality of geriatric patients are related to patients who are undergoing emergency operations. The present study aims to investigate the factors affecting mortality and morbidity after emergency surgery in elderly people. METHODS:The data of 200 patients aged 65 … Show more

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“…With the continuous improvement of human life expectancy, increasing number of elderly patients underwent surgery ( 1 ). A considerable proportion of these patients present with cardiovascular risk factors or suffer from cardiovascular comorbidities, leading to an increased risk of perioperative cardiovascular complications.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…With the continuous improvement of human life expectancy, increasing number of elderly patients underwent surgery ( 1 ). A considerable proportion of these patients present with cardiovascular risk factors or suffer from cardiovascular comorbidities, leading to an increased risk of perioperative cardiovascular complications.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Current guidelines highly recommended the use of predictive models to assess the risk of perioperative MACEs ( 1 , 5 7 ), including the revised cardiac risk index (RCRI) ( 8 ), and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) risk model ( 9 ). RCRI was the most widely validated and used model.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%