Why the study?
What is the current provision and practice of pre-operative assessment and optimisation in UK hospitals?
Population
Local Leads for Peri-operative Medicine in UK hospitals (n=86 respondents out of 115)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Gaps in frailty and cognitive interventions persist in UK pre-op services; leaves open optimal training and implementation strategies.
What is the current provision and practice of pre-operative assessment and optimisation in UK hospitals?
A survey of UK peri-operative medicine leads highlights strengths in shared decision-making and anaemia screening, but identifies significant gaps in frailty management and a desire for further training.
Bougeard et al. (2017) studied this question.
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