title: Risk factors for cardiovascular death after elective surgery under general anaesthesia.
abstract: A large epidemiological data set was used to identify 115 patients who died from a cardiovascular cause within 30 days of elective surgery under general anaesthesia. For each patient, a control was identified, matched for age (within 5 yr of the patient), sex, operation and consultant. Patients and controls were compared for cardiovascular risk factors in a matched analysis using conditional logistic regression, and a prognostic model was generated. Three risk factors were included in the final model: previous myocardial infarction (odds ratio 3.18 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.22-8.28), P = 0.018), history of hypertension (odds ratio 1.90 (0.99-3.62), P = 0.047) and renal failure (odds ratio 3.56 (1.04-12.10), P = 0.043).
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Sear
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yeates
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldacre
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sear
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foëx
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000401:mortality*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors