We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. To learn more, click here. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. Cookie Policy.

Features Partner Sites Information LinkXpress
Sign In
Advertise with Us

Download Mobile App




Postoperative Complications Affect Long-Term Survival

By HospiMedica International staff writers
Posted on 09 Sep 2014
Print article
A new study suggests that postoperative in-hospital morbidity not only present a risk to patients in the short term, but may also reduce long-term survival.

Researchers at Imperial College London (United Kingdom) and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) searched MEDLINE, Web of Science, and reference lists of articles for studies assessing postoperative in-hospital complications and morbidity. Procedure-specific or technical failure-related complications were excluded, as were studies of poor methodological quality. In all, 18 eligible studies involving 134,785 patients with an overall complication rate of 22.6% were included. The studies included operations for both benign and malignant disease.

Meta-analysis demonstrated reduced overall survival after any postoperative complication for ten studies with eligible data (20,755 patients), with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.28; overall survival following infectious complications showed a HR of 1.92. In analyses of disease-free survival, the HR was 1.26 for all postoperative complications and 1.55 for infectious complications. Inclusion of poor-quality studies in a sensitivity analysis had no effect on the overall results. The study was published on August 29, 2014, in the British Journal of Surgery.

“Postoperative complications have a negative effect on long-term survival; this relationship appears to be stronger for infectious complications,” concluded lead author Philip Pucher, MRCS, and colleagues of the department of surgery and cancer. “The preventable nature of these complications suggests more must be done to improve care and thus enhance survival rates following major surgery.”

Related Links:

Imperial College London
University of Pennsylvania


Gold Member
Disposable Protective Suit For Medical Use
Disposable Protective Suit For Medical Use
Gold Member
Solid State Kv/Dose Multi-Sensor
AGMS-DM+
Silver Member
Wireless Mobile ECG Recorder
NR-1207-3/NR-1207-E
New
Examination Table
Powerline Backrest Top

Print article

Channels

Critical Care

view channel
Image: The permeable wearable electronics developed for long-term biosignal monitoring (Photo courtesy of CityUHK)

Super Permeable Wearable Electronics Enable Long-Term Biosignal Monitoring

Wearable electronics have become integral to enhancing health and fitness by offering continuous tracking of physiological signals over extended periods. This monitoring is crucial for understanding an... Read more

Patient Care

view channel
Image: The newly-launched solution can transform operating room scheduling and boost utilization rates (Photo courtesy of Fujitsu)

Surgical Capacity Optimization Solution Helps Hospitals Boost OR Utilization

An innovative solution has the capability to transform surgical capacity utilization by targeting the root cause of surgical block time inefficiencies. Fujitsu Limited’s (Tokyo, Japan) Surgical Capacity... Read more

Health IT

view channel
Image: First ever institution-specific model provides significant performance advantage over current population-derived models (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai)

Machine Learning Model Improves Mortality Risk Prediction for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Machine learning algorithms have been deployed to create predictive models in various medical fields, with some demonstrating improved outcomes compared to their standard-of-care counterparts.... Read more

Point of Care

view channel
Image: The PATHFAST hs-cTnI-II high-sensitivity troponin assay has been developed for the PATHFAST Biomarker Analyzer (Photo courtesy of Polymedco)

POC Myocardial Infarction Test Delivers Results in 17 Minutes

Chest pain is the second leading cause of emergency department (ED) visits by adults in the United States, generating over 7 million visits annually. In the event of a suspected heart attack, physicians... Read more
Copyright © 2000-2024 Globetech Media. All rights reserved.