BACKGROUND: A structured, medical preoperative evaluation may positively impact the perioperative course of medically complex patients. Hospitalists are in a unique position to assist in preoperative evaluations, given their expertise with inpatient medicine and postoperative surgical consultation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate specific outcomes after addition of a Hospitalist-run, medical Preoperative clinic to the standard Anesthesia preoperative evaluation. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS: A pre/post retrospective, comparative review of outcomes of 5223 noncardiac surgical patients at a tertiary care Veterans Administration (VA) medical center. RESULTS: Length of stay was reduced for inpatients with an American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) score of 3 or higher (P < 0.0001). There was a trend towards a reduction in same-day, medically avoidable surgical cancellations (8.5% vs 4.9%, P = 0.065). More perioperative beta blockers were used (P < 0.0001) and more stress tests were ordered (P = 0.012). Inpatient mortality rates were reduced (1.27% vs 0.36%, P = 0.0158). CONCLUSION: A structured medical preoperative evaluation may benefit medically complex patients and improve perioperative processes and outcomes.
BACKGROUND: A structured, medical preoperative evaluation may positively impact the perioperative course of medically complex patients. Hospitalists are in a unique position to assist in preoperative evaluations, given their expertise with inpatient medicine and postoperative surgical consultation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate specific outcomes after addition of a Hospitalist-run, medical Preoperative clinic to the standard Anesthesia preoperative evaluation. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS: A pre/post retrospective, comparative review of outcomes of 5223 noncardiac surgical patients at a tertiary care Veterans Administration (VA) medical center. RESULTS: Length of stay was reduced for inpatients with an American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) score of 3 or higher (P < 0.0001). There was a trend towards a reduction in same-day, medically avoidable surgical cancellations (8.5% vs 4.9%, P = 0.065). More perioperative beta blockers were used (P < 0.0001) and more stress tests were ordered (P = 0.012). Inpatient mortality rates were reduced (1.27% vs 0.36%, P = 0.0158). CONCLUSION: A structured medical preoperative evaluation may benefit medically complex patients and improve perioperative processes and outcomes.
Authors: Antero do Vale Fernandes; Daniel Moreira-Gonçalves; Jotamo Come; Nilton Caetano Rosa; Victor Costa; Lygia Vieira Lopes; Paulo Matos da Costa; Lúcio Lara Santos Journal: Pan Afr Med J Date: 2020-06-03
Authors: Kristin Flemons; Michael Bosch; Sarah Coakeley; Bushra Muzammal; Rahim Kachra; Shannon M Ruzycki Journal: Perioper Med (Lond) Date: 2022-02-01