Analysis of Prediction of 0perative Mortality in Geriatric Patients

Authors

N. Zafer CANTÜRK
N. Zafer UTKAN
Fevzi İÇLİ
Nuri GÖNÜLLÜ
Cihan YILDIRIR
Mustafa DÜLGER

DOI

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Abstract

Despite our youth oriented society, people in world lives longer than ever before. The decision making process in elderly patients requiring surgery of the abdomen is often complicated and difficult. ln this study, we investigated operative risk factors of aged patients. Precise knowledge of anticipated mortality will help the surgeon elobrate his/her recommendation. The results of our study show that estimation of postoperative mortality in geriatric patients which were subjected to abdominal surgery can be predicted by MIX formula.

Keywords

Geriatric Patients, Operative, Mortality

First Page

493

Last Page

496

Recommended Citation

CANTÜRK, N. Zafer; UTKAN, N. Zafer; İÇLİ, Fevzi; GÖNÜLLÜ, Nuri; YILDIRIR, Cihan; and DÜLGER, Mustafa (1996) "Analysis of Prediction of 0perative Mortality in Geriatric Patients," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 5, Article 16. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol26/iss5/16