Short and long term course of elderly patients with peptic ulcer bleeding-analysis of factors influencing fatal outcome
| Autor: | S. Eriksson, A. Henningsson, Lars Lundell, A. Blomqvist, G. Hasselgren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart Diseases Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage Logistic regression Patient Readmission Cohort Studies Sex Factors Recurrence Risk Factors Epidemiology medicine Humans Aged Geriatrics business.industry Vascular disease Age Factors Odds ratio Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Surgery Survival Rate Logistic Models Female business Complication Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Surgery. 164:685-691 |
| ISSN: | 1741-9271 1102-4151 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/110241598750005570 |
| Popis: | Objective: To study long and short term survival in patients aged 60 years or over admitted with a peptic ulcer bleeding and find out which factors influence outcome.Design: Cohort study with matched controls.Setting: Two emergency hospitals, SwedenPatients: 676 of the 687 patients aged 60 years or over admitted to the two emergency hospitals serving Gothenburg, Sweden during 1989&1993 who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria and whose case notes were available for study.Main outcome measures: Seven year survival rates and odds ratios for risk factors based on multiple logistic regression analyses.Results: 37 patients died and the timing was evenly distributed within the first 30 days of admission with a cumulated case-fatality rate of 5.5% at day 30. Mortality was increased among the patients compared with the control group during the subsequent years. Factors that influenced day 30 mortality were age and Forrest class.Conclusion: Mortality is increased among patients with peptic ulcer bleeding even long af... |
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