Outcome after anaesthesia and emergency surgery in patients over 100 years old

• Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 283 - 289
• Main Authors: Konttinen, N., Rosenberg, P. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2006; Blackwell
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure; Blood Transfusion; centenarians; Central Venous Pressure; Creatinine - blood; elderly; Emergencies; emergency surgery; Female; Hemoglobins - analysis; hip fracture; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Retrospective Studies; spinal anesthesia; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Human; Prognosis; hip fracture; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fracture; Trauma; Hip; emergency surgery; Surgery; Anesthesia; spinal anesthesia; Emergency; Elderly; centenarians

Background:  Deteriorated organ function and reduced stress response in very old patients may cause post‐operative morbidity and mortality. We wanted to identify immediate and longer‐term outcome after anaesthesia and surgery in the oldest of the old patients. Methods:  We analysed retrospectively a...