New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in collaboration with several other groups, are now available for the perioperative evaluation and ...
October 2, 2012 — The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) have issued a best practices guideline for preoperative evaluation of patients at least 65 years of ...
* Actual value in liters as % predicted not available. FEV 1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; Postop: Postoperation; Preop: Preoperation. There is a poor prognosis for lung cancer when surgery is not ...
Frailty screening helps identify these patients, enabling surgical teams to tailor treatment plans that align with patient ...
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery are at risk of adverse perioperative and long-term outcome. When considering a patient for noncardiac surgery, a careful preoperative clinical risk evaluation ...
According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...
Perioperative immunotherapy — administered before surgery, within the perioperative window, or after resection — is rapidly becoming a treatment paradigm ...
Real-World First-Line Use of Pertuzumab With Different Taxanes for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Comparative Effectiveness Study Using US Electronic ...