Key result
Among patients aged ≥85 years undergoing elective surgery, 30-day mortality was 7.9%, with malnutrition (OR 15; 95% CI 3-89), high surgical complexity, and osteoporosis as significant predictors.
Observational (n=127)
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Odds Ratio: 15 (95% CI 3–89)
In patients aged 85 years and older undergoing elective surgery, geriatric variables such as malnutrition and frailty, along with surgical complexity, are strong predictors of 30-day mortality and adverse postoperative outcomes.
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Alerts clinicians to malnutrition risk in elective surgery patients ≥85 years; leaves open whether optimization improves outcomes.
Pelavski et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Elective surgery in the eldest old (n=127). Preoperative risk factors (malnutrition, surgical complexity, osteoporosis) was evaluated on 30-day all-cause mortality (OR 15, 95% CI 3-89). Among patients aged ≥85 years undergoing elective surgery, 30-day mortality was 7.9%, with malnutrition (OR 15; 95% CI 3-89), high surgical complexity, and osteoporosis as significant predictors.
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