Multicenter National Trial of Clinical Results of Surgical Elderly Patients

Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital2,000 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to study clinical results including mrobidity and mortality of elderly patients (age \> 75 years) in Spain during a 3-month period.

The aim of the study it is to analyze the morbidity and mortality of patients older tha 70 admitted on hospital and who needs surgical operation. The results will be analysed in relationship with surgical risk calculator in order to know if it would be posssible to predict morbi-mortality of these cohort of patirents.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

2,000

Conditions

Surgery--Complications Age Problem

Interventions

Elderly surgical patientsPROCEDURE

Patients who needs elective or emergency surgery for any reason

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 70 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with an age of 70 years old or older * Admitted on hospital (minimum 1 day of hospital length) * Needing surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Day case -surgery

Locations (1)

Universidad de Murcia

Murcia, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mortality

Patients death during hospitalization or first 30 days after surgery

Time frame: 30 day

Complications

Any complication during admission or 30 day after

Time frame: 30 day

Secondary Outcomes

ASA score

Assessment of surgical risk

Time frame: preoperative

ACS NSQIP surgical risk score

Assessment of surgical risk

Time frame: preoperative

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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