July 20, 2016Anesthesiology176 citations

Preoperative Evaluation Clinic Visit Is Associated with Decreased Risk of In-hospital Postoperative Mortality

JBJeanna BlitzUniversity of Kentucky SKSamir KendaleApple (Israel)SJSudheer K. JainBellevue Hospital Center

Structured PICO

Does an in-person assessment at the Preoperative Evaluation Clinic reduce in-hospital postoperative mortality?

Population

Patients undergoing surgery (implied by preoperative evaluation and postoperative mortality)

Intervention

In-person assessment at the Preoperative Evaluation Clinic (PEC)

Comparator

Another cohort (implied no in-person PEC assessment)

Outcome

In-hospital postoperative mortalityhard clinical

In-person preoperative evaluation clinic visits are associated with reduced in-hospital postoperative mortality.

Abstract

An in-person assessment at the PEC was associated with a reduction in in-hospital mortality. It was difficult to draw conclusions about whether a difference exists in the proportion of FTR deaths between the two cohorts due to small sample size.

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