Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Feb 2018
Multicenter StudyPostoperative mortality and morbidity following non-cardiac surgery in a healthy patient population.
Perioperative mortality ranges from 0.4% to as high as nearly 12%. Currently, there are no large-scale studies looking specifically at the healthy surgical population alone. The primary objective of this study was to report 30-day mortality and morbidity in healthy patients and define any risk factors. ⋯ Thirty-day mortality and morbidity is, as expected, lower in the healthy surgical population. Age may be an indication to further risk stratify patients that are ASA PS 1 or 2 to better reflect perioperative risk.