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What are the predictors of adverse events in patients undergoing five common surgical procedures?
What are the predictors of adverse events in patients undergoing five common surgical procedures?
Age >70 years, duration of operation >2 h, contaminated surgical site, and anaemia are key predictors of adverse events in common surgical procedures.
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May inform preoperative risk stratification by age and operative duration; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in surgical patients.
Kable et al. (2008) studied this question.
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