Perioperative care is a critical part of the patient journey. Encompassing the time before, during, and after surgery, perioperative care is a collaborative process that allows clinicians to review a ...

Preoperative acute care costs significantly predicted postoperative costs in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement model year 3 surgeries, suggesting that accounting for preoperative factors may ...

The majority of patients may safely take glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) before elective surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopies, according to updated guidance from five medical ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — On average, people undergo about 10 surgical procedures in their lifetime, which can mean spending a lot of time prepping and recovering. This is where UPMC's Center for ...

Perioperative anemia and red blood cell transfusions are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality in cardiac ...

Fully remote preoperative bariatric care has similar patient outcomes as in-person preoperative care, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in JAMA Network Open. Callie Hlavin, M.D., from the ...

To assess the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening with polysomnography on preventing cardiovascular and pulmonary complications in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery. Most ...

For a cohort of veterans, disparities in preoperative life-sustaining treatment (LST) documentation rates persist based on race and ethnicity, rurality of residence, and history of mental health ...

Uterine fibroids—non-cancerous growths in the womb—remain a major reproductive health challenge for women globally, particularly in Africa, where prevalence rates are among the highest in the world.