Effectiveness of preoperative medical consultations by internal medicine physicians: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Clinics have been established to provide preoperative medical consultations, and enable the anaesthetist and surgeon to deliver the best surgical outcome for patients. However, there is uncertainty regarding the effect of such clinics on surgical, in-hospital and long-term outcomes. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to determine the effectiveness of preoperative medical consultations by internal medicine physicians for patients listed for elective surgery.

Design

Systematic searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PubMed, Current Contents and the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination were conducted up to 30 April 2017.

Setting

Elective surgery.

Study selection

Randomised controlled trials and non-randomised comparative studies conduct

SUBMITTER: Pham CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736040 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature