Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Days at home alive after major surgery in patients with and without diabetes: an observational cohort study
Authors' conclusion
The results of this large cohort study are likely broadly generalizable.
Study context
- Population
- Patients >18 years undergoing major non-cardiovascular, non-ambulatory surgery at 23 hospitals in Sweden, 2007–2014
- Participants
- 290,306 patients · 23 hospitals
- Exposure
- Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) vs without DM
- Outcome
- Composite score, DAH30
- Follow-up
- Up to 30 days
Methodological detailsmulticentre, registry-matched
- Multicentre
- Registry-matched
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
DAH30
- Significantly lower DAH30 with DM type 1 and 2 vs non-diabetics
- Adjusted odds of DAH30 <15 (death and/or complications) significantly increased for both type 1 and type 2 DM
- Adjusted for illness severity and age
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Mortality from 31 to 365 days · 1 year
- Higher mortality in DM patients vs those without diabetes
Original publication
Days at home alive after major surgery in patients with and without diabetes: an observational cohort study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 22 January 2024. doi:10.
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