Multicenter National Trial of Clinical Results of Surgical Elderly Patients

An Observational Multicenter National Trial of Clinical Results and Morbimortality of Surgical Elderly Patients

The aim of this study is to study clinical results including mrobidity and mortality of elderly patients (age > 75 years) in Spain during a 3-month period.

The aim of the study it is to analyze the morbidity and mortality of patients older tha 70 admitted on hospital and who needs surgical operation. The results will be analysed in relationship with surgical risk calculator in order to know if it would be posssible to predict morbi-mortality of these cohort of patirents.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with an age of 70 years old or older
• Admitted on hospital (minimum 1 day of hospital length)
• Needing surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Day case -surgery