The authors reviewed all negative preoperative dobutamine stress echocardiograms (DSEs) performed over a 3-year period to determine the value of negative DSE for preoperative risk assessment in ...

Vol. 2, No. 3/4, SPECIAL ISSUE: THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE: TRANSACTIONS OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (1990), pp. 243-251 (9 pages) Surgical ...

Perioperative cardiac risk management in noncardiac surgery is a multifaceted discipline focused on mitigating cardiovascular complications among patients undergoing procedures unrelated to the heart.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smilowitz and Berger reviewed studies published between January 1, 1949 and January 27, 2020 to find available ...

Patients with end-stage liver disease often undergo surgery for indications other than liver transplantation. These patients have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality that is related to their ...

Measuring N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels preoperatively among patients scheduled to undergo inpatient noncardiac surgery can strongly predict the risk of major cardiac ...

Analyzing the Mini-Cog score as a continuous variable, it was found to have a nearly linear negative correlation with POD risk: for each 1-point increase in the score, the risk of POD decreased by 23% ...

In patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, current tools for preoperative risk stratification do not prognosticate either postoperative troponin levels or 1-year all-cause mortality, according to new ...

Lee A. Fleisher, MD, is chair of Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine’s anesthesia and critical care departments. Dr. Fleisher is also chair of the American ...

WASHINGTON -- Posters at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting provided data about an antibiotic allergy assessment tool via a smartphone app, a direct oral challenge ...

Identifying limitations in functional reserves in the older adult leads to improved decision-making related to cardiovascular risk stratification and elective procedures. Management of elderly ...