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Preanaesthesia clinics coordinate care to improve the preoperative experience and decrease consultations, though major efforts are needed to upgrade these setups to maximize benefits.
Preanaesthesia clinics can improve the preoperative experience by coordinating care, developing practice guidelines, and decreasing unnecessary consultations and cancellations.
Preanaesthesia clinics may streamline preoperative coordination; leaves open optimal models and outcome impacts for prospective study.
The goal of preoperative risk assessment is to identify and modify the procedure and patient factors that significantly increase the risk for complications. Preanaesthesia clinics (PACs) have been developed to improve the preoperative experience of the patients by coordinating surgical, anaesthesia, nursing and laboratory care. These clinics can also help in developing practice guidelines, and decreasing the number of consultations, laboratory tests and surgical cancellations. Though these clinics are present in most of our hospitals, a major effort is needed to upgrade these setups so as to maximise the benefits. This review gives a brief account of organisation and functioning of PACs.
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Gupta et al. (2010) conducted a review in Preoperative risk assessment. Preanaesthesia clinics (PACs) was evaluated. Preanaesthesia clinics coordinate care to improve the preoperative experience and decrease consultations, though major efforts are needed to upgrade these setups to maximize benefits.
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