Search results for "perioperative care"
Over one-third of surgical inpatients experience adverse events, study suggests
Nearly two in five patients who underwent surgery at one of 11 hospitals in Massachusetts in 2018 experienced adverse events, 60% of which were considered potentially preventable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/20/over-one-third-of-surgical-inpatients-experience-adverse-events-study-suggests.htm
20 Nov 2024
Less intensive warfarin therapy less effective at preventing VTE after arthroplasty
Rates of major bleeding were similar whether patients were treated to an international normalized ratio target of 1.8 or 2.5 to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip or knee arthroplasty, a randomized trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/4.htm
11 Sep 2019
January 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/
Handling high-sensitivity troponin
The advent of high-sensitivity troponin testing in U.S. hospitals may be another example of how less can be more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/handling-high-sensitivity-troponin.htm
26 Jun 2024
Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection
Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020
Low-risk patients can continue GLP-1 receptor agonists perioperatively, guideline says
Decision making about perioperative use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists should be collaborative and balance patients' metabolic need for the medication with their risk of delayed gastric emptying and aspiration, according to a new multisociety guideline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/06/low-risk-patients-can-continue-glp-1-receptor-agonists-perioperatively-guideline-says.htm
6 Nov 2024
Preop hyperglycemia but not HbA1c associated with noncardiac surgery outcomes
Patients with a high fasting or random glucose level before noncardiac surgery were more likely to have myocardial injury or die at 30 days, but no increased risk was seen among those with a high HbA1c level, a South Korean study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/3.htm
24 Mar 2021
Periop cardiovascular guideline updated, calls for avoiding overscreening
The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and other societies released new recommendations on evaluating and managing cardiovascular risk in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/periop-cardiovascular-guideline-updated-calls-for-avoiding-overscreening.htm
2 Oct 2024
May 4, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/
Program with family reduced postoperative delirium, functional decline in older patients
The success of a tailored, family-involved program that targeted delirium risk factors in Chinese patients after noncardiac surgery shows that U.S. hospitals could learn from cultures that more closely involve families in care, according to an editorial accompanying the study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/2.htm
30 Oct 2019