CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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Comparative Study
Survival and health care costs after inpatient elective surgery: comparison of patients with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is common among surgical patients, and patients with COPD have higher risk for complications and death within 30 days after surgery. We sought to describe the longer-term postoperative survival and costs of patients with COPD compared with those without COPD within 1 year after inpatient elective surgery. ⋯ Patients with COPD have decreased survival and increased costs in the year after surgery. Frailty, cancer and the type of surgical procedure modified associations between COPD and outcomes, and must be considered when risk-stratifying surgical patients with COPD.