Search results for "Perioperative care"
Drug may reduce transfusions but increase thrombosis in liver disease patients having elective invasive procedures
Eltrombopag, an oral thrombopoietin-receptor agonist, may reduce the need for platelet transfusions in patients with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease who are undergoing invasive elective procedures but is associated with an increased incidence of portal-vein thrombosis, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/29/3.htm
29 Aug 2012
Factor frailty into preop assessment
Frailty should be assessed along with baseline cognition, risk for delirium, functional status, nutritional status, and, in particular, patients' treatment goals and expectations, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/1.htm
25 Apr 2018
Preoperative aspirin use associated with better outcomes in cardiac surgery patients, study finds
Aspirin therapy before cardiac surgery is associated with better outcomes, including lower 30-day mortality, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/21/4.htm
21 Dec 2011
Frailty score may help predict postop mortality risk in the elderly
A multidimensional frailty score helped predict postoperative mortality risk in elderly patients, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/3.htm
14 May 2014
Bulk of patients with MI after noncardiac surgery don't have ischemic symptoms
More than 65% of patients who have a myocardial infarction (MI) within 30 days of noncardiac surgery don't experience ischemic symptoms, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/20/3.htm
20 Apr 2011
Tips on taking transfers from surgery
Talk directly to the surgeon, peek at the wound, and don't be afraid to call with questions, experts advised.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/11/free/tips-on-taking-transfers-from-surgery.htm
11 May 2022
PPIs associated with risk for postop pneumonia after CABG, study indicates
Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be associated with a higher risk for postoperative pneumonia after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) than H2-receptor antagonists, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/02/3.htm
2 Oct 2013
Two common assessment methods highlight link between frailty and postoperative delirium
An analysis of elective surgery patients ages 70 years or older found that those assessed as frail by the frailty index or frailty phenotype had double the risk of postoperative delirium versus those who weren't frail.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/two-common-assessment-methods-highlight-link-between-frailty-and-postoperative-delirium.htm
22 Nov 2023
Tranexamic acid did not increase risk of death, thrombotic complications after coronary artery surgery, study finds
In addition, researchers found that the antifibrinolytic agent was associated with a lower risk of bleeding complications and a higher risk of postoperative seizures compared to placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/1.htm
2 Nov 2016
Withholding antihypertensives around surgery didn't affect vascular complication rate
Patients who didn't take their hypertension medications before and for two days after surgery had a lower incidence of intraoperative hypotension, but no difference in hypotension after surgery compared to those who continued medications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/26/withholding-antihypertensives-around-surgery-didnt-affect-vascular-complication-rate.htm
26 Apr 2023