Was CEPOD right?

Anaesthesia. 1990 Nov;45(11):978-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14637.x.

Abstract

This retrospective study found that the long-term (greater than 6 months) postoperative survival in ASA 4E and 5E patients was 41% and 21% respectively, in 1986. This supports the Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths' recommendation that life-saving surgery should not be withheld from patients who present in so serious a condition that they are unlikely to survive surgery.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Comorbidity
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Postoperative Complications / mortality
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / mortality*