Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Alternatives to the in-person anaesthetist-led preoperative assessment in adults undergoing low-risk or intermediate-risk surgery: A scoping review
Authors' conclusion
A number of alternatives to the anaesthetists-led in-person preoperative evaluation have already been researched: that is telephone evaluation, telemedicine evaluation, evaluation by questionnaire and nurse-led evaluation.
Study context
- Population
- Adults scheduled for elective low-risk or intermediate-risk surgery
- Participants
- 361,719 adults · 26 studies
- Comparison
- Alternatives vs anaesthetist-led in-person preoperative evaluation
- Outcome
- Range and nature of the literature
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Randomised controlled trials
2
Original publication
Alternatives to the in-person anaesthetist-led preoperative assessment in adults undergoing low-risk or intermediate-risk surgery: A scoping review. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 6 March 2023. doi:10.
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