Why the study?
Preoperative discussions directing care decisions are uncommon among surgeons, and whether anesthesia professionals engage patients on postoperative critical care was unclear.
Population
12 studies including 1284 individual encounters between patients and anesthesia professionals
Design
Systematic review
Authors
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Preoperative values discussions remain rare among anesthesiologists; reinforces need for training and system changes to improve goal-concordant perioperative care.
Communication between anesthesia professionals and patients is dominated by anesthetic planning, with postoperative critical care and goals of care rarely discussed.
Tylee et al. (2020) studied this question.
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