Why the study?
Does an outpatient internal medicine preoperative evaluation reduce length of stay in patients referred for elective surgery?
Population
355 patients referred for internal medicine preoperative evaluation before elective surgery at a tertiary…
Comparison
Outpatient internist preoperative evaluation… vs Admission for surgery without outpatient…
Design
RCT, Two arm parallel design randomized clinical trial
Authors
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Supports outpatient preoperative evaluation for elective surgery; extends RCT evidence for minimizing unnecessary inpatient admissions.
Does an outpatient internal medicine preoperative evaluation reduce length of stay in patients referred for elective surgery?
An outpatient internal medicine preoperative evaluation significantly reduces preoperative length of stay and unnecessary admissions for elective surgery compared to inpatient evaluation.
Macpherson et al. (1994) studied this question.
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