Does preoperative education improve postoperative delirium, anxiety, and knowledge in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy patients?
Preoperative education improves knowledge and reduces mechanical ventilation duration in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy patients, while hearing impairment is an unexpected predictor of adverse outcomes.
The patient education appeared to be effective in improving knowledge and reducing days of mechanical ventilation. Hearing impairment was an unexpected predictor of adverse outcomes for patients but may be amenable to nursing intervention.
Chevillon et al. (Sat,) studied this question.