Search results for "Perioperative Care"
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/
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
March 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/
January 11, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/
Antiplatelet therapy linked to increased risk of post-pleural procedure bleeding
Although patients on antiplatelet therapy were at increased risk of bleeding, including serious bleeding, during the 24 hours following a bedside pleural procedure compared with controls, rates of bleeding and severe bleeding were low, a French study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2020
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
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
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
Compression stockings may be unnecessary for VTE prophylaxis in most patients undergoing elective surgery
In a randomized controlled trial of patients at moderate or high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylaxis with low-molecular-weight heparin alone was noninferior to a combination of low-molecular-weight heparin and graduated compression stockings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/5.htm
20 May 2020
Guiding perioperative care for bariatric surgery
Sleep apnea, diabetes among special concerns.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/surgery.htm
15 Mar 2008