Outcomes of Common Major Surgical Procedures in Older Adults With and Without Dementia.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32662842.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10395 and PMC identifier 7361650.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This cross-sectional study uses data from the Premier Healthcare Database to compare in-hospital mortality, home discharge, and hospital length of stay among older adults with and without dementia who have undergone major surgical procedures.
Medical subject headings
- Dementia
- Postoperative Complications
- Surgical Procedures, Operative