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The risk and predictors of mortality in octogenarians undergoing emergency laparotomy: a multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Shahab HajibandehShahin HajibandehJigar ShahJulia MartinMostafa AbdelkarimSreedutt MuraliAndrew MawMoustafa MansourThomas Satyadas
Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)
Emergency laparotomies in patients older than 80 years with ASA status more than 3 in the presence of peritoneal contamination carry a high risk of immediate postoperative and 1-year mortality. This should be taken into account in communications with patients and their relatives, consent process, and multidisciplinary decision-making process for operative or non-operative management of such patients.
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