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8669562

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective 5-year survival study of 900 patients, aged 65 years and over, undergoing a general surgical procedure, demonstrated that following an initial high mortality rate the survival of the group as a whole approached that of an age-matched population. Non-elective admissions, age 75 years and over, ASA grade 4-5 and major surgery were associated with a high early mortality. Mortality associated with malignancy extended over 1 year. The study reinforces the conclusion that age alone should be no bar to surgery and anaesthesia, endorses the findings of the National Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative deaths and emphasises the need to re-examine the provision of anaesthetic and surgical services in District General Hospitals. The benefits of elective admission in the very old are highlighted, along with the potential for extension of day case surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-2409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
A 5-year survival study of general surgical patients aged 65 years and over.
pubmed:affiliation
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Aberdeen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't