Was CEPOD right?
This retrospective study found that the long-term (greater than 6 months) postoperative survival in ASA 4E and 5E patients was 41% and 21% respectively, in 1986. This supports the Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths' recommendation that life-saving surgery should not be withheld from patients who present in so serious a condition that they are unlikely to survive surgery.
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Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*