Why the study?
Key challenges in global health include limited access to surgical care, variable quality, and workforce shortages, which perioperative medicine aims to address.
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Design
Review article with case studies
Perioperative medicine may improve surgical outcomes; leaves open its role in global health strategies.
The emerging field of perioperative medicine has the potential to make significant contributions to global health. Perioperative medicine aims to help reduce unmet surgical need, decrease variation in quality and systematically improve patient outcomes. These aims are also applicable to key challenges in global health, such as limited access to surgical care, variable quality and workforce shortages. This article describes the areas in which perioperative medicine can contribute to global health using case studies of successful care pathways, risk prediction tools, strategies for effective grassroots research and novel workforce approaches aimed at effectively using limited resources.
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