Perioperative medicine & outcomes

Digital Versus in‐Person Pre‐Anaesthetic Assessment and Postoperative Outcomes in Low‐Risk Patients: A Protocol for a Single‐Centre Cohort Study

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Study protocol for a retrospective cohort study

Study context

Population
Adults scheduled for elective otorhinolaryngologic, oral or maxillofacial surgery at Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Denmark; selected low-risk patients
Planned comparison
Digital vs in-person pre-anaesthetic assessment
Primary endpoint
Composite of major postoperative complications:
  • All-cause mortality
  • ICU admission
  • Bleeding requiring transfusion
  • Infection requiring antibiotics
  • Hospital readmission
Follow-up
30 days
Methodological detailssingle-centre, retrospective data collection, Multivariable generalised linear models with log-link, adjusted for prespecified covariates; sensitivity analyses with inverse probability weighting and win ratio analysis
  • Single-centre
  • Retrospective data collection
  • Multivariable generalised linear models with log-link, adjusted for prespecified covariates; sensitivity analyses with inverse probability weighting and win ratio analysis

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Digital Versus in‐Person Pre‐Anaesthetic Assessment and Postoperative Outcomes in Low‐Risk Patients: A Protocol for a Single‐Centre Cohort Study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 22 May 2026. doi:10.1111/aas.70266

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