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1,361 adult patients scheduled for elective general, urological, peripheral vascular or orthopaedic…
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Cohort
Follow-up
Throughout hospital stay
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May warrant enhanced monitoring in vascular surgery; leaves open whether interventions reduce even mild events and hospital stay.
Postoperative complications are common (30%) in unselected adult patients undergoing elective surgery, particularly in vascular procedures, and even mild complications prolong hospital stay.
Arvidsson et al. (1994) studied this question.
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