Open AccessAssociation between frailty, cerebral oxygenation and adverse post-operative outcomes in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: An observational pilot study
Author(s) -
Shazia Khan,
Henry Wenjie Chua,
Premila Hirubalan,
Ranjith Baskar Karthekeyan,
Harikrishnan Kothandan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.176278
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , odds ratio , confidence interval , anesthesia , adverse effect , observational study , cardiac surgery , surgery
Although both frailty and low cerebral oxygen saturation increase the risk of post-operative complications, their relationship is yet to be investigated. The purpose of this observational study was to investigate the association between frailty, intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation and post-operative complications in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.