Background: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there
remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of …

Background Clinical outcomes after major surgery are poorly described at the national level.
Evidence of heterogeneity between hospitals and health-care systems suggests potential to …

PURPOSE: The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) after noncardiac
surgery is not established yet. Thrombosis over a vulnerable plaque or decreased oxygen …

Purpose As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there is a need
to define optimal levels of perioperative care. Our aim was to describe the relationship …

The number of surgical procedures in the world is large and in Brazil it has been expressing
a growth trend higher than the population growth. In this context, perioperative risk …

Aims Primary acute heart failure (AHF) is a common cause of hospitalization. AHF may also
develop postoperatively (pAHF). The aim of this study was to assess the incidence …

Background Perioperative myocardial infarction/injury (PMI) diagnosed by high-sensitivity
troponin (hs-cTn) T is frequent and a prognostically important complication of non-cardiac …

Objective: DATASUS is the Brazilian Public Unified Health System (SUS) department
responsible for providing health data that are used as a primary source of data in several …

Background We aimed to directly compare preoperative high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-
cTn) I and T concentration for the prediction of major cardiac complications after non-cardiac …

Background The aim of this study was to describe the national epidemiology of burns in
Brazil and evaluate regional access to care by defining the contribution of out-of-hospital …