Why the study?
Does preoperative comorbidity assessment predict perioperative cardiovascular complications in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy?
Population
431 unselected patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RPE)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
perioperative
Authors
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Comorbidity indices may lack predictive value for CV complications after radical prostatectomy; leaves open need for refined models in selected patients.
Does preoperative comorbidity assessment predict perioperative cardiovascular complications in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy?
Preoperative comorbidity indices like ASA-PS, NYHA, and CCS have poor individual predictive value for perioperative cardiovascular complications in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, likely due to selection bias in older patients.
Froehner et al. (2001) studied this question.
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