Key result
Elderly emergency surgical mortality and length of stay declined over 15 years despite increasing comorbidity.
Population
105,002 elderly (≥70 years) emergency general surgical admissions
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital / 30 days
Authors
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Declining mortality and LOS may reflect care gains in elderly surgery; retrospective data leave causal factors open.
Observational (n=105,002)
Yes
p-value: p=<0.001
Despite increasing age and co-morbidity, in-hospital mortality and length of stay for elderly emergency general surgical admissions have decreased over a 15-year period.
McLean et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Emergency general surgical admissions (n=105,002). Emergency general surgical admission over time was evaluated on Overall in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay (p=<0.001). Overall in-hospital mortality and length of stay for elderly emergency general surgical admissions decreased significantly over a 15-year period (both p < 0.001) despite increasing co-morbidity.
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