Cohort Study: Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery, Most Deaths Occurred After the Procedure

Association between complications and death within 30 days after noncardiac surgery – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: In Noncardiac Surgery, the Post-Op Period Is Riskiest – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most deaths related to noncardiac surgery occur after surgery and after discharge from hospital – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Riskiest time for surgery patients is not in the operating room – Reuters (free)

“Among adults undergoing noncardiac surgery, 99.3% of deaths occurred after the procedure and 44.9% of deaths were associated with 3 complications: major bleeding, myocardial injury and sepsis.”