Search results for "Perioperative Care"
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
WHO issues first-ever global guidelines for prevention of surgical site infections
The guidelines recommend 29 precautions that clinicians should take before, during, and after surgery to reduce the risk of surgical site infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/3.htm
16 Nov 2016
Adding vancomycin to cefazolin didn't reduce infections among arthroplasty patients
Cefazolin plus vancomycin did not lead to lower surgical-site infection rates compared with cefazolin plus placebo in patients getting knee, hip, or shoulder replacement surgery, a randomized trial in Australia found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/free/adding-vancomycin-to-cefazolin-didnt-reduce-infections-among-arthroplasty-patients.htm
25 Oct 2023
Score predicts PCI complications for patients with chronic total occlusion
Researchers identified 3 factors that were independent predictors of complication: age older than 65 years, lesion length of 23 mm or longer, and use of the retrograde approach.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/19/3.htm
19 Oct 2016
November 22, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/
Earlier hip fracture surgery admission associated with lower in-hospital mortality than later treatment
Study authors projected that there would be an additional 10.9 deaths for every 1,000 surgeries if all surgeries were performed after inpatient day 3 instead of on the admission day.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/15/4.htm
15 Aug 2018
Recommendations on preventing surgical-site infections updated
The latest recommendations from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America lowered the recommended postoperative target glucose level from less than 180 mg/dL to between 110 and 150 mg/dL, among other changes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/recommendations-on-preventing-surgical-site-infections-updated.htm
10 May 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
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
High-dose atorvastatin may not reduce AKI after cardiac surgery
The study's results do not support the initiation of statin therapy to prevent acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery but do provide evidence that continuing perioperative statin therapy is safe, said an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/4.htm
9 Mar 2016