Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Risk assessment and prevention of postoperative and postprocedural respiratory failure: recommendations from an international expert panel
Methodological detailsstructured multidisciplinary expert panel process, iterative voting rounds, 54 preliminary statements refined into 13 recommendations and 15 suggestions
- Structured multidisciplinary expert panel process
- Iterative voting rounds
- 54 preliminary statements refined into 13 recommendations and 15 suggestions
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
- Recommendation
Use screening tools systematically
- Recommendation
Promote tobacco cessation
- Recommendation
Reconsider procedure timing in patients with symptomatic respiratory tract infections
- Recommendation
Mobilise patients early and maximise upright positioning
- Recommendation
Maintain good oral hygiene
- Recommendation
Use noninvasive respiratory support to minimise need for invasive ventilation
- Recommendation
Minimise deep sedation while promoting early tracheal extubation
Original publication
Risk assessment and prevention of postoperative and postprocedural respiratory failure: recommendations from an international expert panel. Br J Anaesth. Published 31 July 2026. doi:10.
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