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Was CEPOD right?

Authors :
Ruiz K
Aitkenhead AR
Source :
Anaesthesia [Anaesthesia] 1990 Nov; Vol. 45 (11), pp. 978-80.
Publication Year :
1990

Abstract

This retrospective study found that the long-term (greater than 6 months) postoperative survival in ASA 4E and 5E patients was 41% and 21% respectively, in 1986. This supports the Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths' recommendation that life-saving surgery should not be withheld from patients who present in so serious a condition that they are unlikely to survive surgery.

Subjects

Subjects :
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Comorbidity
Humans
Intraoperative Complications
Postoperative Complications mortality
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Surgical Procedures, Operative mortality

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0003-2409
Volume :
45
Issue :
11
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Anaesthesia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
2252198
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14637.x
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