Analysis of the Knowledge Level of Surgical Residents Regarding the Preoperative Assessment of Adult Elective Non-cardiac Surgery Patients with Specific Clinical Conditions

Objective: We aimed to analyze the knowledge level of surgical residents regarding preoperative assessment and increase their collaboration with other teams in optimizing the general medical status of patients to reduce the duration of hospital stay and complication rates. Method:Our study included 80 surgical residents.The 2018 update of the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA) was used during the preparation of the survey questions.The questions were categorized on the basis of the specific clinical conditions and medications noted in the ESA guidelines.Answer choices were "correct", "wrong" or "no idea."Results: Analysis of the distribution of the mean correct answer rates (%) revealed that the question regarding "herbal medications" led to the lowest correct answer (13.75%), whereas the category "bridging and anticoagulation" was associated with the highest (72.5%) correct answer.The total mean correct answer was calculated as 50.8%.There was no significant correlation between the residents' seniority level (i.e., postgraduate year) and their correct answer rates in the neurosurgery, general surgery, ear-nose-throat, and plastic surgery divisions.However, there were statistically significant differences in the ophthalmology, urology, orthopedic surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology divisions.Amaç: Cerrahi asistanlarının ameliyat öncesi değerlendirme konusundaki bilgi düzeylerini analiz etmeyi ve hastaların genel tıbbi durumlarını optimize ederek hastanede kalış süresini ve komplikasyon oranlarını azaltmak için diğer ekiplerle iş birliklerini artırmayı amaçladık.Yöntem: Çalışmamız 80 cerrahi asistanıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Anket sorularının hazırlanmasında Avrupa Anesteziyoloji Derneği'nin (ESA) 2018 güncellemesinden yararlanılmıştır.