Why the study?
Does routine pre-operative electrocardiogram predict post-operative cardiovascular complications in general surgical patients aged 65 years and over?
Population
222 general surgical patients aged 65 years and over
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
post-operative period
Authors
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Preoperative ECG should not guide postoperative risk prediction in elderly surgical patients; leaves open its utility as baseline or for acute detection.
Does routine pre-operative electrocardiogram predict post-operative cardiovascular complications in general surgical patients aged 65 years and over?
Routine pre-operative ECG in elderly surgical patients is useful as a baseline and to detect acute issues deferring surgery, but has little to no value in predicting post-operative cardiovascular complications.
Seymour et al. (1983) studied this question.
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