Impact of clinical frailty on surgical and non-surgical complications after major emergency abdominal surgery.
Christian SnitkjærLasse Rehné JensenLiv Í SoyluCamilla HaugeMadeline KvistThomas Korgaard JensenDunja KokotovicJakob BurcharthPublished in: BJS open (2024)
Patients with frailty have a significantly increased risk of postoperative complications after major emergency abdominal surgery, especially atrial fibrillation, delirium, and pneumonia. Likewise, patients with frailty have an increased risk of mortality within 90 days. Thus, frailty is a significant predictor for adverse events after major emergency abdominal surgery and should be considered in all patients undergoing major emergency abdominal surgery.
Keyphrases
- public health
- emergency department
- patients undergoing
- healthcare
- community dwelling
- atrial fibrillation
- emergency medical
- heart failure
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- acute kidney injury
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- venous thromboembolism
- oral anticoagulants