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Maxamillian Solow1, Tjorvi E Perry
1Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Purpose Of Review:
Modifiable patient-related risk factors, such as physical, emotional, and cognitive frailty, poor nutritional status, sleep hygiene, anemia, alcohol abuse, and smoking reduce a patient's ability to effectively recover from the insult of surgery. Herein, we review the value of implementing a comprehensive prehabilitation program for patients undergoing thoracic surgery.
Recent Findings:
Although prehabilitation is not a novel concept, recent evidence suggest that 4-6 weeks of prehabilitation prior to surgery is likely to increase a patient's preoperative functional status allowing patients to return to independence earlier after surgery. The value of a prehabilitation program can be determined using cost effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis (CBA), cost-utility analysis (CUA), and cost-consequence analysis (CCA).
Summary:
It stands to reason that well designed prehabilitation programs can add value by improving quality metrics at a lower cost to our healthcare system. Definitive randomized trials are needed to confirm this notion.
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