Why the study?
What are the types of operations patients undergo in their terminal year, and how do characteristics of decedents compare with survivors?
Population
747 consecutive all-payer patients seen at the preoperative assessment center of a tertiary care hospital
Comparison
Surgical procedures vs Survivors at 1 year
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Supports palliative care integration into preoperative assessment; hypothesis-generating for procedure selection near end of life.
What are the types of operations patients undergo in their terminal year, and how do characteristics of decedents compare with survivors?
Nearly 5% of patients seen at a preoperative assessment clinic died within 1 year, with decedents more likely to have undergone palliative or diagnostic procedures compared to survivors.
Barnet et al. (2013) studied this question.
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