Frail patients having vascular surgery during the early COVID-19 pandemic experienced high rates of adverse perioperative events and amputation.
null nullSarah Joy AitkenBernard AllardNishath AltafNoel AtkinsonOmar AzizRuth BattersbyRuth BensonJennifer L ChambersGabriella CharltonChloe ColemanJoseph A DawsonAnastasia DeanBedanta S DhalRobert FitridgeJohn GanJoseph HannaAndrew T HattamMartin HeinKay HonSamantha KhooJoseph KilbyBeatrice KuangKai Wen LeongEunice LimJu-Wei N LiuDavid N McClureShreya MehtaJana-Lee MossJuanita MullerKorana MusickiSandip NandhraMichael John PapanikolasFernando Picazo PinedaFranklin PondNandhini RavintharanToby RichardsHani SaeedChristopher N SelvarajGurkirat SinghYogeesan SivakumaranBethany Miriam StavertElizabeth SuthersRobert TangVincent C VarleyThodur M VasudevanUyen Giao VoTimothy WagnerJudy WangJackie WongPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2022)
Our findings highlight that older, frail patients, experience potentially preventable adverse outcomes and there is a need for targeted interventions to optimize care, especially in times of healthcare stress.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- patients undergoing
- drug delivery
- cardiac surgery
- community dwelling
- quality improvement
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- adverse drug
- lower limb
- drug induced