Key result
Patient preparation and comprehensive perioperative support, including preoperative risk assessment and postoperative critical-care support, are vital for minimizing surgical mortality and morbidity.
Why the study?
Does preoptimization and perioperative support reduce surgical mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing major elective surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing major elective surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports perioperative optimization to reduce mortality; extends observational data but leaves open prospective validation of scoring systems.
Does preoptimization and perioperative support reduce surgical mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing major elective surgery?
Comprehensive perioperative care, including preoperative risk assessment and postoperative critical-care support, is vital for reducing surgical mortality and morbidity.
Goldhill et al. (2006) conducted a review in Surgical patients. Patient preparation and perioperative support was evaluated on Surgical mortality and morbidity. Patient preparation and comprehensive perioperative support, including preoperative risk assessment and postoperative critical-care support, are vital for minimizing surgical mortality and morbidity.
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