Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The impact of preoperative stroke on 1-year mortality and days at home alive after major surgery: an observational cohort study
An erratum to this article was published (Perioper Med (Lond), 12 Nov 2024 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
This large cohort showed preoperative stroke to impact both the patient-centered short-term outcome DAH30 and 1-year mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing major non-cardiovascular, non-ambulatory surgery at 23 hospitals in Sweden, 2007–2014
- Participants
- 290,306 adults · 23 hospitals
- Exposure
- Preoperative stroke vs no preoperative stroke
- Preoperative stroken = 7,214
- No preoperative stroken = 283,092reference
- Outcome
- 1-year mortality and days alive and at home up to 30 days after surgery (DAH30)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, registry-linked
- Multicentre
- Registry-linked
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
1-year mortality and DAH30
- Preoperative stroke associated with higher 1-year mortality and lower DAH30, even after full adjustment for other co-morbid and surgical factors
- Logistic regression, aOR
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The impact of preoperative stroke on 1-year mortality and days at home alive after major surgery: an observational cohort study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 4 October 2024. doi:10.
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