The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients
Knoedler S, Matar D, Friedrich S, Knoedler L, Haug V, Hundeshagen G, Kauke-Navarro M, Kneser U, Pomahac B, Orgill D, Panayi A. The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients. International Journal Of Surgery 2023, 109: 2631-2640. PMID: 37788019, PMCID: PMC10498871, DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical patientsMedian ageMedian BMISurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseACS-NSQIP databaseImprovement Program databaseObesity class IProportion of patientsCohort of patientsPrevalence of diabetesType 2 diabetesGlobal healthcare deliveryFuture surgical careField of surgeryTime trend analysisPatient ageSurgical cohortDiabetes prevalenceProgram databaseSurgical careAmerican CollegeGeneral populationPatients