Problems of comorbidity in mortality after prostatectomy

Article Abstract:

Men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who undergo transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) surgery may not have higher risk of death than those who undergo open prostatectomy surgery. BPH is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland. Of 252 men who had BPH, 126 had TURPs and 126 had open prostatectomies. Only one patient (0.8%) in each of the treatment groups died following surgery in the hospital. Five years following surgery, 22 patients (17.5%) in the TURP group had died, compared to 17 patients (13.5%) in the open prostatectomy group. Eighty-eight of the patients (70%) who had TURPs were over 65 old, compared to 73 of the patients (58%) who had open prostatectomies. Most of the patients who underwent TURPs were sicker than patients who underwent open prostatectomies.

Prostatectomy, Prostate, Prostatic hyperplasia, Prostatectomy, Transurethral, Transurethral prostatectomy

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Importance of functional measures in predicting mortality among older hospitalized patients

Article Abstract:

Measures of physical, intellectual and psychological function among elderly hospitalized patients may predict those at high risk of dying. Researchers found that impairment in activities of daily living, dementia, and depression were strongly linked to high mortality rates in 207 hospital patients 70 years or older. The patients could be classified as low, intermediate, or high risk of dying within two years depending on their functional disability on these measures. Two-year mortality rates were about 20% in the low-risk group, 30%-45% in the intermediate-risk group, and 60% in the high-risk group.

Aged, Elderly, Risk factors, Death, Hospital patients, Health risk assessment

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