Year: 2003
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Major elective surgery is known to contribute to intensive care occupancy,\nwith a significant mortality rate. Routine preoperative optimisation of patients\nundergoing major elective surgery is found to give a significant and cost effective\nimprovement in perioperative care. Criteria that were used to select patients\nfor routine preoperative optimisation for a large randomised controlled trial\nare shown at Table 1. When performing major surgery, the extent of necessary\nperioperative monitoring is usually dependent on the view of the anaesthetist,\nwhile the site of postoperative care is dependent on the anticipated development of\ncomplications and the availability of intensive care or high dependency beds.
Author: Johannes Hofland
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1531968775