Update in perioperative medicine: practice-changing evidence published in 2015

ABSTRACT

Evidence in perioperative medicine is published in a wide variety of journals, given the multidisciplinary nature of its practice which spans medicine and its subspecialties, as well as surgery and anesthesiology. It can be difficult to identify new and important evidence, as perioperative practice continues to evolve in multiple areas such as medication management, anticoagulation and cardiac risk stratification, among others. New, high-quality evidence is published each year, and must be placed into the context of not only existing literature, but also practical real-world patient care. We sought to systematically identify, critically evaluate and concisely summarize the practice implications of 10 articles published in 2015 for the practicing perioperative clinician.

KEYWORDS:

• Perioperative period
• perioperative care
• preoperative period
• preoperative care
• postoperative care
• postoperative complications
• noncardiac surgery

Acknowledgments

Mr. Larry J. Prokop, MLS, Mayo Clinic Libraries, who contributed his expertise and assistance with the literature search.

Declaration of interest

KF Mauck owns shares in Exact Science, which had no association with or sponsorship of the creation of this manuscript. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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Funding

This article was not funded.