title: [Risk and postoperative complications in abdominal surgery in elderly patients (author;s transl)].
abstract: 1005 case histories of patients, older than 70 years, were studied retrospectively: 496 abdominal interventions (lethality - 29%), 509 extraabdominal interventions (lethality - 14%). In each patient 75 preoperative data are compared to 50 data of the intraoperative and postoperative period. There is a correlation between preoperative findings and postoperative complications and lethality. The main factors of risk are: Hb less than 10 g%, Creatinine greater than 1,5 mg%. The analysis implies the necessity of intensive preoperative therapy as well as the immediate correction of even slight post-operative deviations of the "norm".
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Risiko und Verlauf von abdominalen Operationen im Alter