Postoperative Mortality After Inpatient Surgery: Incidence and Risk Factors

Overview

Journal Ther Clin Risk Manag

Publisher Dove Medical Press

Date 2009 Feb 12

PMID 19209248

Citations 27

Authors

Karamarie Fecho

Anne T Lunney

Philip G Boysen

Peter Rock

Edward A Norfleet

Affiliations

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Abstract

Purpose: This study determined the incidence of and identified risk factors for 48 hour (h) and 30 day (d) postoperative mortality after inpatient operations.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using Anesthesiology's Quality Indicator database as the main data source. The database was queried for data related to the surgical procedure, anesthetic care, perioperative adverse events, and birth/death/operation dates. The 48 h and 30 d cumulative incidence of postoperative mortality was calculated and data were analyzed using Chi-square or Fisher's exact test and generalized estimating equations.

Results: The 48 h and 30 d incidence of postoperative mortality was 0.57% and 2.1%, respectively. Higher American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scores, extremes of age, emergencies, perioperative adverse events and postoperative Intensive Care Unit admission were identified as risk factors. The use of monitored anesthesia care or general anesthesia versus regional or combined anesthesia was a risk factor for 30 d postoperative mortality only. Time under anesthesia care, perioperative hypothermia, trauma, deliberate hypotension and invasive monitoring via arterial, pulmonary artery or cardiovascular catheters were not identified as risk factors.

Conclusions: Our findings can be used to track postoperative mortality rates and to test preventative interventions at our institution and elsewhere.

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