Why the study?
How accurate are preoperative psychiatric evaluations in predicting postoperative psychological complications in surgical patients?
Population
Surgical patients undergoing preoperative psychiatric evaluation
Design
Other
Authors
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Preoperative psychiatric evaluations have uncertain predictive accuracy for postoperative outcomes; leaves open need for prospective validation before clinical adoption.
How accurate are preoperative psychiatric evaluations in predicting postoperative psychological complications in surgical patients?
This study explores the accuracy of preoperative psychiatric evaluations in predicting postoperative psychological outcomes.
Abram et al. (1961) studied this question.
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