Association of Polypharmacy with Survival, Complications, and Healthcare Resource Use after Elective Noncardiac Surgery A Population-based Cohort Study

Conclusions Older patients with polypharmacy represent a high-risk stratum of the perioperative population. However, the authors ’ findings call into question the causality and generalizability of the polypharmacy-adverse outcome association that is well documented in nonsurgical patients.
Source: Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research