Predicting Adverse Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Aged 80 Years or Older

Abstract

In this group of geriatric surgical patients, the overall postoperative in-hospital mortality rate was 4.6%, and 25% of the patients developed adverse postoperative outcomes involving either the neurological, cardiovascular, or pulmonary systems. Intraoperative events appeared to be less important than preoperative comorbidities in predicting adverse postoperative outcomes.