E St-Louis1, M Sudarshan2, M Al-Habboubi3, M El-Husseini Hassan4, D L Deckelbaum5, T S Razek6, L S Feldman7, K Khwaja8. 1. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. etienne.st-louis@mail.mcgill.ca. 2. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. monisha.sudarshan@mail.mcgill.ca. 3. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. dr.safsaf@gmail.com. 4. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. mo.elhusseini@gmail.com. 5. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. dan.deckelbaum@mcgill.ca. 6. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. tarek.razek@mcgill.ca. 7. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. liane.feldman@mcgill.ca. 8. Division of General Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada. kosar.khwaja@mcgill.ca.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Elderly patients form a growing subset of the acute care surgery (ACS) population. Older age may be associated with poorer outcomes for some elective procedures, but there are few studies focusing on outcomes for the elderly ACS population. Our objective is to characterize differences in mortality and morbidity for acute care surgery patients >80 years old. METHODS: A retrospective review of all ACS admissions at a large teaching hospital over 1 year was conducted. Patients were classified into non-elderly (<80 years old) and elderly (≥80 years old). In addition to demographic differences, outcomes including care efficiency, mortality, postoperative complications, and length of stay were studied. Data analysis was completed with the Student's t test for continuous variables and Fisher's exact test for categorical variables using STATA 12 (College Station, TX, USA). RESULTS: We identified 467 non-elderly and 60 elderly patients with a mean age-adjusted Charlson score of 3.2 and 7.2, respectively (p < 0.001) and a mortality risk of 1.9 and 11.7 %, respectively (p < 0.001). The elderly were at risk of longer duration (>4 days) hospital stay (p = 0.05), increased postoperative complications (p = 0.002), admission to the ICU (p = 0.002), and were more likely to receive a non-operative procedure (p = 0.003). No difference was found (p = NS) for patient flow factors such as time to consult general surgery, time to see consult by general surgery, and time to operative management and disposition. CONCLUSIONS: Compared to younger patients admitted to an acute care surgery service, patients over 80 years old have a higher risk of complications, are more likely to require ICU admission, and stay longer in the hospital.
INTRODUCTION: Elderly patients form a growing subset of the acute care surgery (ACS) population. Older age may be associated with poorer outcomes for some elective procedures, but there are few studies focusing on outcomes for the elderly ACS population. Our objective is to characterize differences in mortality and morbidity for acute care surgery patients >80 years old. METHODS: A retrospective review of all ACS admissions at a large teaching hospital over 1 year was conducted. Patients were classified into non-elderly (<80 years old) and elderly (≥80 years old). In addition to demographic differences, outcomes including care efficiency, mortality, postoperative complications, and length of stay were studied. Data analysis was completed with the Student's t test for continuous variables and Fisher's exact test for categorical variables using STATA 12 (College Station, TX, USA). RESULTS: We identified 467 non-elderly and 60 elderly patients with a mean age-adjusted Charlson score of 3.2 and 7.2, respectively (p < 0.001) and a mortality risk of 1.9 and 11.7 %, respectively (p < 0.001). The elderly were at risk of longer duration (>4 days) hospital stay (p = 0.05), increased postoperative complications (p = 0.002), admission to the ICU (p = 0.002), and were more likely to receive a non-operative procedure (p = 0.003). No difference was found (p = NS) for patient flow factors such as time to consult general surgery, time to see consult by general surgery, and time to operative management and disposition. CONCLUSIONS: Compared to younger patients admitted to an acute care surgery service, patients over 80 years old have a higher risk of complications, are more likely to require ICU admission, and stay longer in the hospital.
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Age; Elderly; Emergency general surgery; Octogenarian; Outcomes
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