One-year outcomes after discharge from noncardiac surgery and association between pre-discharge complications and death after discharge: analysis of the VISION prospective cohort study.
Pavel S RoshanovMatthew T V ChanFlavia K BorgesDavid ConenC Y WangDenis XavierOtavio BerwangerMaura MarcucciDaniel I SesslerWojciech SzczeklikJessica SpencePablo Alonso-CoelloCarmen FernándezRupert M PearseGerman MalagaAmit X GargSadeesh K SrinathanMichael J JackaVikas TandonMichael McGillionEkaterine PopovaAlben SigamaniValsa AbrahamBruce M BiccardJuan Carlos VillarClara K ChowCarísi A PolanczykMaria TiboniRichard P WhitlockGareth L AcklandMohamed PanjuAndré LamyRobert SapsfordColin WilliamsWilliam Ka Kei WuOlga L CortésS Danielle MacNeilAmeen PatelEmilie P Belley-CôtéSandra OforiWilliam F McIntyreDarryl P LeongDiane Heels-AnsdellKrysten GregusP J DevereauxPublished in: Anesthesiology (2023)
One in 18 patients ≥45 years old discharged after inpatient noncardiac surgery died within one year and one quarter were readmitted to hospital. The risk of death associated with pre-discharge perioperative complications persists for weeks to months after discharge.