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Preoperative consultations by anesthesiologists.

Duminda N Wijeysundera¹

¹Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, and Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. d.wijeysundera@utoronto.ca

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

|April 1, 2011

Summary

Preoperative anesthesia consultations improve patient education and reduce hospital stays. While beneficial for perioperative care, further research is needed to optimize risk reduction and assess specialized testing value.

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Published on: May 11, 2020

Area of Science:

Anesthesiology
Perioperative Medicine
Health Services Research

Background:

Preoperative anesthesia consultation is a critical component of major surgery.
It offers opportunities for comprehensive patient assessment and risk management.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent studies on the processes and outcomes of preoperative anesthesia consultations.
To discuss the implications of these findings for clinical practice and future research.

Main Methods:

Review of recent literature on preoperative anesthesia consultation.
Analysis of population-based data on consultation outcomes.

Main Results:

Outpatient consultations are increasingly common and improve communication and patient education.
Consultations correlate with reduced hospital length-of-stay but not reduced postoperative mortality.
Rates of preoperative cardiac testing increase, but their prognostic value is debated.

Conclusions:

Preoperative anesthesia consultations offer clear benefits to perioperative care and outcomes.
Further research is required to identify effective risk reduction interventions and clarify the value of specialized preoperative tests.